Job Description:

• 1) Operates equipment and uses handtools to prepare metal jewelry findings for further processing, using handtools and machine tools: Shapes, cuts, and assembles findings, using pliers, shears, arbors, mallets, files, or foot press.

• 2) Drills holes in findings, using small drill.

• 3) Cuts off excess metal or makes slots in findings, using bench lathe.

• 4) Polishes findings on powered abrasive disk or emery wheel.

• 5) Softens findings by heating them in furnace to prepare them for soft soldering or shaping.