precious stone settertojewellery assembler
A precious stone setter already meets 55% of what the jewellery assembler role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
48.1/ 100
1 Share of the jewellery assembler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the precious stone setter 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 jewellery assembler role treats 10 of its required skills as things a precious stone setter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust jewellery
- assemble jewellery parts
- clean jewellery pieces
- ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
- jewellery processes
- mount stones in jewels
What stands in the way is 2 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A jewellery assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a precious stone setter background worth leading with.
- already held assemble jewellery parts handling and moving
- already held mount stones in jewels handling and moving
- already held repair jewellery handling and moving
- already held cultured pearls arts and humanities
- already held record jewel processing time information skills
- already held record jewel weight information skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the jewellery assembler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 assemble metal parts required
- required, not held smoothen rough jewel parts required
- optional, not held build jewellery models optional
- optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- optional, not held perform wire wrapping optional
- optional, not held apply smithing techniques optional
- optional, not held operate hand tools in chain making optional
- optional, not held coining optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held metal joining technologies 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 select restoration activities optional
- optional, not held trade in jewellery optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
- optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a jewellery assembler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble metal parts skill · sector specific
- 02 smoothen rough jewel parts skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held adjust jewellery skill
- already held assemble jewellery parts skill
- already held clean jewellery pieces skill
- already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
- already held jewellery processes knowledge
- already held mount stones in jewels skill
- already held repair jewellery skill
- already held select gems for jewellery skill
- already held select metals for jewellery skill
- already held use jewellery equipment skill
- already held create jewellery skill
- already held cultured pearls knowledge
- already held develop jewellery designs skill
- already held heat jewellery metals skill
- already held record jewel processing time skill
- already held record jewel weight skill
- already held watches and jewellery products knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
- optional, not held build jewellery models optional
- optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
- optional, not held engrave patterns 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 imitation jewellery optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- optional, not held perform wire wrapping optional
- optional, not held select restoration activities optional
- optional, not held trade in jewellery optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held apply smithing techniques optional
- optional, not held coining optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held metal joining technologies optional
- optional, not held operate hand tools in chain making optional
- optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
13 held skills the jewellery assembler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding jewellery creation skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of diamonds knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of precious metals knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role detect product defects skill
- not needed by the target role examine gems skill
- not needed by the target role exercise patience skill
- not needed by the target role gemstones knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of jewellery knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate microscope skill
- not needed by the target role think creatively about jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
- not needed by the target role use specialised equipment 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.
- optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held coining optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held metal joining technologies optional
Other moves recorded from precious stone setter
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.