Occupation Atlasgoldsmith
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8a007cd3-ba40-4c55-b238-587bd59e74b2
goldsmith
Goldsmiths 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 metals.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.46
- C Conventional4.11
- I Investigative3.09
- A Artistic2.88
- E Enterprising2.14
- S Social1.15
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Gem and Diamond Workers (51-9071.06): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply smithing techniques
- build jewellery models
- cast jewellery metal
- characteristics of precious metals
- clean jewellery pieces
- create jewellery
- cut metal products
- develop jewellery designs
- heat jewellery metals
- jewellery processes
- metal and metal ore products
- pour molten metal into moulds
- select gems for jewellery
- select metals for jewellery
- smoothen rough jewel parts
- use jewellery equipment
Optional (26)
- adjust jewellery
- advise customers on jewellery and watches
- apply restoration techniques
- coining
- design objects to be crafted
- electroplating metal materials
- electroplating processes
- engrave patterns
- engraving technologies
- ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
- estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance
- estimate restoration costs
- estimate value of used jewellery and watches
- evaluate restoration procedures
- imitation jewellery
- jewellery product categories
- maintain jewels and watches
- mount stones in jewels
- pass on trade techniques
- perform damascening
- perform enamelling
- record jewel processing time
- record jewel weight
- select restoration activities
- trade in jewellery
- watches and jewellery products
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
silversmith
15 shared · 1 more of its ownpour molten metal into moulds, apply smithing techniques, cast jewellery metal, smoothen rough jewel parts
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jewellery designer
10 shared · 16 more of its owncast jewellery metal, smoothen rough jewel parts, build jewellery models, heat jewellery metals
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filigree maker
8 shared · 11 more of its ownsmoothen rough jewel parts, heat jewellery metals, select metals for jewellery, create jewellery
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jewellery mounter
7 shared · 5 more of its ownbuild jewellery models, select metals for jewellery, create jewellery, select gems for jewellery
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jewellery assembler
6 shared · 6 more of its ownsmoothen rough jewel parts, select metals for jewellery, select gems for jewellery, clean jewellery pieces
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jeweller
6 shared · 8 more of its ownbuild jewellery models, create jewellery, clean jewellery pieces, use jewellery equipment
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jewellery repairer
4 shared · 11 more of its ownheat jewellery metals, clean jewellery pieces, use jewellery equipment, jewellery processes
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jewellery polisher
3 shared · 6 more of its ownclean jewellery pieces, use jewellery equipment, jewellery processes
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