Job Description:

• 1) Fabricates and repairs jewelry articles, such as rings, brooches, pendants, bracelets, and lockets: Forms model of article from wax or metal, using carving tools.

• 2) Places wax model in casting ring, and pours plaster into ring to form mold.

• 3) Inserts plaster mold in furnace to melt wax.

• 4) Casts metal model from plaster mold.

• 5) Forms mold of sand or rubber from metal model for casting jewelry.

• 6) Pours molten metal into mold, or operates centrifugal casting machine to cast article.

• 7) Cuts, saws, files, and polishes article, using handtools and polishing wheel.

• 8) Solders pieces of jewelry together, using soldering torch or iron.

• 9) Enlarges or reduces size of rings by sawing through band, adding or removing metal, and soldering ends together.

• 10) Repairs broken clasps, pins, rings, and other jewelry by soldering or replacing broken parts.

• 11) Reshapes and restyles old jewelry, following designs or instructions, using handtools and machines, such as jeweler's lathe and drill.

• 12) Smooths soldered joints and rough spots, using hand file and emery paper.

• 13) May be designated according to metals fashioned as Goldsmith; Platinumsmith; Silversmith I.