Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following tasks in preparing cast jewelry findings for further processing: Cuts, saws, or breaks off gates from jewelry castings, using shears, jeweler's saw, pliers, or foot press equipped with cutting tool.

• 2) Removes burrs and smooths rough edges of casting, using file or grinding wheel.

• 3) Straightens distorted castings, using foot press equipped with shaping dies.

• 4) May remove plaster from castings by dipping castings in water and acid solution.

• 5) May count and separate jewelry casting into containers, according to type, and marks containers with identifying information.

• 6) May specialize in breaking off gates from jewelry castings and be designated Breaker-Off.