Table 1Transition record

precious stone settertoprecious stone cutter

A precious stone setter already meets 59% of what the precious stone cutter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From precious stone setter

59%

Overlap1

To precious stone cutter

23 Skills carried over

4 Required, not held

47.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.7/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the precious stone cutter 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

Why this move works

A precious stone cutter role treats 10 of its required skills as things a precious stone setter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

attend to detail regarding jewellery creation
characteristics of diamonds
ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
examine gems
gemstones
jewellery processes

What stands in the way is 4 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A precious stone cutter 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held attend to detail regarding jewellery creation handling and moving
already held characteristics of diamonds engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held examine gems information skills
already held gemstones arts and humanities
already held detect product defects information skills
already held think creatively about jewellery communication, collaboration and creativity

All 23 carried skills, including the 10 the precious stone cutter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 handling and moving 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held cut gem stones required
required, not held grind gemstones required

optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
optional, not held polish gemstones optional
optional, not held sand gemstones optional
optional, not held smoothen rough jewel parts optional

02 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held calculate value of gems required

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

03 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held gem cutting forms required

optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
optional, not held jewellery product categories optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional

05 constructing 2 supplementary

optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
optional, not held perform enamelling optional

06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary

optional, not held coining optional
optional, not held wet tumbling optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a precious stone cutter 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 23 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held attend to detail regarding jewellery creation skill
already held characteristics of diamonds knowledge
already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
already held examine gems skill
already held gemstones knowledge
already held jewellery processes knowledge
already held manufacturing of jewellery knowledge
already held record jewel weight skill
already held use jewellery equipment skill
already held use precision tools skill
already held adjust jewellery skill
already held clean jewellery pieces skill
already held create jewellery skill
already held cultured pearls knowledge
already held detect product defects skill
already held develop jewellery designs skill
already held operate microscope skill
already held record jewel processing time skill
already held repair jewellery skill
already held select gems for jewellery skill
already held think creatively about jewellery skill
already held use specialised equipment skill
already held watches and jewellery products knowledge

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary

optional, not held tend tumbling machine optional

18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held apply restoration techniques 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 enamelling optional
optional, not held polish gemstones optional
optional, not held sand gemstones optional
optional, not held select restoration activities optional
optional, not held smoothen rough jewel parts optional
optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
optional, not held coining optional
optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
optional, not held tend tumbling machine optional
optional, not held wet tumbling optional

7 held skills the precious stone cutter role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role assemble jewellery parts skill
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 exercise patience skill
not needed by the target role heat jewellery metals skill
not needed by the target role mount stones in jewels skill
not needed by the target role select metals for jewellery 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held gem cutting forms required
optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
optional, not held coining optional
optional, not held wet tumbling optional

Index

Other moves recorded from precious stone setter

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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.