Jeweler Job Description
Jeweler Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective jeweler job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included jeweler job description templates that you can modify and use.
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Jeweler Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Jeweler
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the jeweler job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Collage and Associate Degree in Technical, Education, Jewelry, Metalsmithing, Fine Arts, General Education, Gemology, Graduate, Design, Business
Skills for Jeweler
Desired skills for jeweler include:
Desired experience for jeweler includes:
Jeweler Examples
Jeweler Job Description
- Train to perform various technical repairs of gold and silver jewelry, including but not limited to sizing, re-shanking, soldering, prong and channel repair, polishing, refinishing and stone setting/tightening in various setting styles and gemstone shapes/cuts...including quality control acceptance thereof
- Stone Tightening
- Organization - Maintain assigned orders in an organized fashion ensuring that due dates are adhered to
- Provide assistance as needed throughout the center
- Contribute to the safe and efficient operation of the workshop
- Responsible for the detailed soldering of precious metal products
- Physically fabricate High Jewelry products according to the project delivery timelines
- Primary responsibilities include identification of fabrication steps to achieve High Jewelry aesthetic and integrity to create unique and statement pieces with diamonds and precious gemstones
- Expert level knowledge and skills of jewelry making, from concept to creation of complex jewelry, including diamonds and precious stones
- Ability to create wax and precious metal models from sketches or renderings and experience utilizing and interpreting CAD programs
- Ability to communicate effectively, get along with coworkers and management, and deals with others effectively and professionally under pressure
- Jewelry Manufacturing Arts (JMA), Graduate Jeweler (GJ) or Graduate Jeweler Gemologist (GJG) diploma preferred
- Minimum of three years related practical jewelry industry experience is required
- Work is performed in a designated professional manufacturing classroom workstation and environment
- Demonstrated proficiency and skill in the areas of sizing, chain repair, prong and stone setting repairs, all types of tone setting, and polishing or other finishing techniques
- Must be able to complete app
Jeweler Job Description
- Communicate effectively to keep Manager updated on project status, issues, and concerns
- Review setting request and seek out assistance if clarification is required before starting setting work
- Work safely at all times by consistently following safe work procedures for Level II Jeweler, all safety procedures required at your worksite
- Support the physical construction of High Jewelry products repeatable pieces according to the project delivery timelines
- Use appropriate tooling as required and follow all work instructions and procedures
- Responsible for the craft of piercing pearls and mounting on jewelry, pearl harvesting and shucking from raw oysters
- Responsible for pearl measuring, oyster presentation, and up-sell jewelry settings and pre-set jewelry
- Sell retail merchandise in accordance with his/her specific work assignments
- Re-stock counter displays and under stock
- Maintain merchandise counters and displays in a clean, neat, and orderly manner
- Ring sizing
- Retip prongs
- Solder rings
- Simple fabrication
- Minor bracelet repair/links
- Channel setting straight channels
Jeweler Job Description
- Ensure that all merchandise is properly and accurately price marked
- Maintain proper stock levels for location
- Utilize knowledge of pearl history and sales skills to sell fine jewelry
- Demonstrate safe work habits when working with machinery and equipment
- Participate in the implementation of new processes and provide feedback to team lead and supervisor tto ensure that best practices are followed for the benefit of the of the department
- Work safely at all times by consistently following safe work procedures for postion, all safety procedures required at your worksite
- Promptly report all incidents and safety issues to your supervisor/manager
- Transition skills learned to setting precious stones
- Participate and carry out all assigned tasks and other team requirements
- Collaborate with other artisans to handcraft high end and one-of-a-kind jewelry products
- Minimum 2 years experience as a production or repair jeweler, stone setter, silversmith or goldsmith, with experience in all aspects of jewelry making or repair
- Fine arts degree in metalsmithing or related area
- Technical school diploma
- Craft or technical course work
- Command of the English – Written and Spoken
- Appropriate hand dexterity as indicated by bench assessment
Jeweler Job Description
- Create wax and precious metal models from sketches or renderings
- Fulfill special design or custom requests
- Work on raw casted metal to prepare for pre-polishing process
- Solder gold and platinum heads to rings
- Pin hole
- Perform stone setting and setting repairs on all assigned jewelry repairs and remounts according to Tiffany & Co
- Develop product knowledge and grow technical skills as they apply to the Tiffany quality standards
- Improving and advising on LEAN improvements
- Participating in various TM committees, such as Safety and Engagement
- Participating in various Team Member committees, such as Safety and Engagement
- Ability to sit for long hours
- Knowledgeable techniques to solder gold, platinum and silver
- 10+ years of jeweler experience including familiarity with laser welding
- Knowledge of complex and intricate jewelry construction and polishing precious metal properties
- Strong bench skills for jewelry and polishing
- Ability to communicate issues clearly in a team environment
Jeweler Job Description
- Responsible for cast cleaning, assembly and repair of platinum + gold jewelry of all levels of complexity with all types of diamonds and precious stones
- Ability to follow directions from peer coach and management
- Responsible for the handling of all diamonds and precious stones ensuring stones are protected at all times to avoid damage
- Perform other duties as required by the business
- Immediately notify manager of any discrepancies
- Comply with security operating procedures
- Responsible for putting away all materials and work orders before exiting the facility
- Ability to work overtime as business need arises
- Minimum of 8 years setting experience
- Experience working with colored stones
- Experience with setting repair such as prong re-tipping and replacement
- Deep knowledge in jewelry construction and repair techniques including soldering, laser welding, custom part fabrication
- Basic verbal and written English communication skills