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.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

People in this career often have talent in:

• 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.
• 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.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Polish materials, workpieces, or finished products.
• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
• Design jewelry or decorative objects.
• Solder parts or workpieces.

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

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