Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
SOC Code: 51-9071
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workerss clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 79.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Critical Thinking, Quality Control Analysis, Quality Control Analysis.
AI-Proof Score: 79.5 — High
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Median Salary
$49,140
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Job Growth
-5.5%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Critical Thinking
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Speaking
- •Active Listening
Common Tasks
- ✓Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
- ✓Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.
- ✓Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.
- ✓Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
- ✓Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation