filigree makertosilversmith
A filigree maker already meets 70% of what the silversmith role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
33.5/ 100
1 Share of the silversmith role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the filigree maker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A silversmith role treats 11 of its required skills as things a filigree maker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cast jewellery metal
- clean jewellery pieces
- create jewellery
- develop jewellery designs
- heat jewellery metals
- jewellery processes
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A silversmith role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a filigree maker background worth leading with.
- already held perform damascening communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cast jewellery metal handling and moving
- already held smoothen rough jewel parts handling and moving
- already held maintain jewels and watches handling and moving
- already held mount stones in jewels handling and moving
- already held build jewellery models handling and moving
All 27 carried skills, including the 11 the silversmith role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held pour molten metal into moulds required
- required, not held apply smithing techniques required
- required, not held cut metal products required
- required, not held metal and metal ore products required
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- required, not held characteristics of precious metals required
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a silversmith role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 metal and metal ore products knowledge · sector specific
- 02 pour molten metal into moulds skill · sector specific
- 03 apply smithing techniques skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held cast jewellery metal skill
- already held clean jewellery pieces skill
- already held create jewellery skill
- already held develop jewellery designs skill
- already held heat jewellery metals skill
- already held jewellery processes knowledge
- already held mount stones in jewels skill
- already held select gems for jewellery skill
- already held select metals for jewellery skill
- already held smoothen rough jewel parts skill
- already held use jewellery equipment skill
- already held adjust jewellery skill
- already held advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held build jewellery models skill
- already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
- already held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held jewellery product categories knowledge
- already held maintain jewels and watches skill
- already held pass on trade techniques skill
- already held perform damascening skill
- already held record jewel processing time skill
- already held record jewel weight skill
- already held select restoration activities skill
- already held watches and jewellery products knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
- optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
12 held skills the silversmith role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
- not needed by the target role coining knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultured pearls knowledge
- not needed by the target role imitation jewellery knowledge
- not needed by the target role mark designs on metal pieces skill
- not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform enamelling skill
- not needed by the target role perform metal work skill
- not needed by the target role perform wire wrapping skill
- not needed by the target role repair jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held metal and metal ore products required
- required, not held characteristics of precious metals required
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.