Precious Metal Worker

Overview

Who is Precious Metal Worker?

Precious Metal Workers produce jewellery or other metal goods such as goblets or candlesticks by casting, annealing, soldering, hammering, or shaping gold, silver, pewter, or other metals. They cut fine jewellery, including rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets. Using gas torches, solder pieces together or fix holes and fractures using metal solder. Precious metal goods such as coffee pots, tea sets, and trays should be annealed in gas ovens for specific durations to soften the metal for reworking.

Typical day at work

What does Precious Metal Worker do?

Precious metal artisans use hand tools to form gold, silver, and other metals. Precious metal workers design and create jewellery, which they often sell. They may also repair antique jewellery and assess the worth of both gems and jewellery. A precious metal worker may also act as a consultant for insurance companies, preventing insurance fraud by evaluating and validating the material composition of objects.

• Design and create jewelry from precious metals and stones
• Examine and grade diamonds and other gems
• Clean and polish jewelry using polishing wheels and chemical baths
• Repair jewelry by replacing broken clasps, altering ring sizes, or resetting stones
• Smooth joints and rough spots and polish smoothed areas
• Compute the costs of labor and material for new pieces and repairs
• Model new pieces with carved wax or computer-aided design, and then cast them in metal
• Shape metal to hold the gems in pieces of jewelry
• Solder pieces together and insert stones

Abilities & aptitude needed

What are the skills, abilities & aptitude needed to become Precious Metal Worker?

• Artistic ability- Jewelers must be able to develop distinctive and stunning designs.
• Detail-oriented- Jewelers, precious stone and metal artisans, and metalsmiths must pay close attention to significant and tiny details on their creations.
• Dexterity- Jewelers, precious stone and metal artisans, and metalsmiths must be able to move their fingers and tools precisely to grab, handle, and assemble extremely tiny things.
• Fashion sense- Jewelry designers must be aware of what is fashionable and appealing and what is currently in demand by customers.
• Interpersonal skills- Whether selling items in shops or at craft exhibitions, jewellers and precious stone and metal professionals connect with clients.
• Near vision is required by jewellers, precious stone and metal workers, and those who deal with valuable stones and metals (within a few feet of the observer).
• Visualization abilities- Jewelers, precious stone and metal professionals must visualize how something will seem after its form has been changed or pieces have been rearranged.

Courses

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