Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Clean workpieces or finished products.
• Polish materials, workpieces, or finished products.
• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
• Design jewelry or decorative objects.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.

• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Solder parts or workpieces.
• Repair precision devices or workpieces.
• Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Evaluate quality of materials or products.
• Select production input materials.
• Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
• Sell products or services.
• Purchase products or services.
• Reshape small metal components for precision assembly.
• Determine the value of goods or services.
• Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
• Record operational or production data.
• Build production molds.
• Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.
• Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
• Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
• Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
• Engrave designs, text, or other markings onto materials, workpieces, or products.
• Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
• Place materials into molds.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Mix ingredients to create specific finishes.
• Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
• Prepare materials for processing.
• Adjust position of molds during processing.

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