Jeweler Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Jeweler includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Repair jewelry by replacing broken clasps, altering ring sizes, or resetting stones
  • Create jewelry from gold, silver, and precious gemstones
  • Make a model with carved wax or with computer-aided design, and then cast pieces with the model
  • Examine and grade diamonds and other gems
  • Clean and polish jewelry using polishing wheels and chemical baths
  • Compute the costs of labor and material for new pieces and repairs
  • Solder pieces together and insert stones
  • Smooth joints and rough spots and polish smoothed areas
  • Shape metal to hold the gems when making individual pieces

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Jeweler duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Jeweler roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.