Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

jewellery repairertosilversmith

A jewellery repairer already meets 44% of what the silversmith role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From jewellery repairer
44%
Overlap1
To silversmith
13 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
58.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.8/ 100

1 Share of the silversmith role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the jewellery repairer 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

Why this move works

A silversmith role treats 9 of its required skills as things a jewellery repairer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • clean jewellery pieces
  • create jewellery
  • develop jewellery designs
  • heat jewellery metals
  • jewellery processes
  • mount stones in jewels

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 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 jewellery repairer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held mount stones in jewels handling and moving
  • already held build jewellery models handling and moving
  • already held heat jewellery metals handling and moving
  • already held select metals for jewellery handling and moving
  • already held create jewellery handling and moving
  • already held select gems for jewellery handling and moving

All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the silversmith role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cast jewellery metal required
  • required, not held pour molten metal into moulds required
  • required, not held smoothen rough jewel parts required
  • required, not held apply smithing techniques required
  • required, not held cut metal products required
  • optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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
03 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held characteristics of precious metals required
  • optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
  • optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
04 information skills 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications optional
  • optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
  • optional, not held evaluate restoration procedures optional
  • optional, not held record jewel processing time optional
  • optional, not held record jewel weight optional
  • optional, not held select restoration activities optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
  • optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform damascening optional
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 use jewellery equipment skill
  • already held adjust jewellery skill
  • already held advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
  • already held build jewellery models skill
  • already held engrave patterns skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
  • optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
  • optional, not held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications optional
  • optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
  • optional, not held evaluate restoration procedures optional
  • optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
  • optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
  • optional, not held record jewel processing time optional
  • optional, not held record jewel weight optional
  • optional, not held select restoration activities optional
  • optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
  • optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
  • optional, not held electroplating processes optional
  • optional, not held engraving technologies optional
  • optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform damascening optional
24 held skills the silversmith role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble jewellery parts skill
  • not needed by the target role cultured pearls knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role handle jewellery and watches insurance claims skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role precious metals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer information related to repairs skill
  • not needed by the target role repair jewellery skill
  • not needed by the target role trade in jewellery skill
  • not needed by the target role use repair manuals skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held metal and metal ore products required
  • required, not held characteristics of precious metals required
  • optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
  • optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
  • optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
  • optional, not held electroplating processes optional
  • optional, not held engraving technologies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from jewellery repairer

Full index of moves from jewellery repairer

Note

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.