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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.1 - sorting and packaging goods and materials S6.1.1 - sorting materials or products Select metals for jewellery
Description
Select and purchase precious metals and alloys to use in jewellery pieces.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 6 occupations
- Optional in 4 occupations
- Total: 10 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Filigree makerFiligree makers create a delicate kind of jewellery, usually of gold and silver, called a filigree. They solder together tiny beads, twisted threads or a combination of the two…
- Jewellery designerA Jewellery Designer is a skilled artisan who creates unique pieces of jewelry, combining artistic vision with craftsmanship to produce wearable art. They design rings, necklaces, …
- Jewellery assemblerJewellery assemblers assemble jewelry parts to form different types of jewellery such as bracelets, necklaces or earrings. They grip links with pliers or position the link in the s…
- Jewellery mounterJewellery mounters create the framework for a piece of jewellery, on which the precious stones are added to later. Other titles The following job titles also refer to jewellery…
- GoldsmithGoldsmiths design, manufacture and sell jewellery. They also adjust, repair and appraise gems and jewellery for customers using experience in the working of gold and other precious…
- SilversmithSilversmiths design, manufacture and sell jewelry. They also adjust, repair and appraise gems and jewelry. Silversmiths are specialized in working with silver and other precious me…
Optional for
- Jewellery engraverJewellery engravers engrave lettering and ornamental designs onto jewellery articles, using engravers handtools. They sketch and lay out the lettering and designs on the article, c…
- JewellerJewellers fabricate and repair various jewelry articles. They create models from wax or metal, ready for the lost wax casting process. They may undertake the casting process (place…
- Precious stone setterPrecious stone setters use tools to insert diamonds and other gemstones into jewellery settings according to specifications. The setting of the gemstone depends on its size and its…
- Jewellery repairerJewellery repairers use specialised hand tools to carry out adjustments and repairs to all types of jewellery pieces. They resize rings or necklaces, reset gems, and repair broken …
Related skills
- Precious metals
- Alloys of precious metals
- Manufacturing of jewellery
- Select gems for jewellery
- Ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
- Develop jewellery designs
- Adjust jewellery
- Use jewellery equipment
- Create jewellery
- Heat jewellery metals
- Mount stones in jewels
- Clean jewellery pieces
- Record jewel processing time
- Build jewellery models
- Record jewel weight
Last updated on February 18, 2026
