jewellery engraver
Jewellery engravers engrave lettering and ornamental designs onto jewellery articles, using engravers handtools. They sketch and lay out the lettering and designs on the article, cut the design in the article and clean it up.
Also called: silver engraver, gold etcher, machine etcher, gold engraver, jewelry engraver, jewelry decorator, jewelry engraving designer, machine engraver
- 13
- essential skills
- 27
- optional skills
- 4
- related roles
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4 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
13- clean engraved areas
- determine quality of engraving
- engrave patterns
- engraving technologies
- ensure accurate engravings
- inspect etched work
- operate engraving equipment
- position engraving equipment
- prepare workpieces for engraving
- prepare workpieces for etching
- select engraving templates
- transpose designs to engravings
- verify engraving accuracy
Optional skills
27- apply restoration techniques
- coining
- compute engraving dimensions
- cultured pearls
- design objects to be crafted
- ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
- estimate restoration costs
- evaluate restoration procedures
- fill etchings
- handle etching chemicals
- identify customer's needs
- imitation jewellery
- laser engraving methods
- maintain engraving equipment
- mount stones in jewels
- perform damascening
- perform enamelling
- perform wire wrapping
- prepare etching chemicals
- record jewel processing time
- record jewel weight
- scale etchings
- select gems for jewellery
- select metals for jewellery
- select restoration activities
- smoothen rough jewel parts
- types of engraving needles
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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