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Gem and Diamond Workers Job Description & Jobs
Job Title: Gem and Diamond Workers
RIASEC Career Code:
R-C-A
SOC:
51-9071.06
Job Description for:"Gem and Diamond Workers"
Split, saw, cut, shape, polish, or drill gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.
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Job Tasks for:
"Gem and Diamond Workers"
Holds stone, gem, die, or stylus, attached to holder or lapidary stick, against rotating plates or wheels to shape, grind, and polish.
Bores, laps, and polishes holes in industrial diamonds used for dies, using drill, lathe, lapping machine, and hand tools.
Grinds, drills, and finishes jewel bearings for use in precision instruments, such as compasses and chronometers.
Measures size of stone's bore holes and cuts to ensure adherence to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
Locates and marks drilling position on surface of diamond dies, using diamond chip and power hand drill.
Laps girdle on rough diamonds, using diamond girdling lathe.
Splits gem along premarked lines to remove imperfections, using blade and jeweler's hammer.
Positions gem or diamond against edge of revolving saw, lathe saw, or lapidary slitter to cut, block, or slit stone.
Lubricates, dismantles, and cleans lapping, boring, cutting, polishing, and shaping equipment and machinery.
Replaces, trues, and sharpens blades, drills, and plates.
Examines gem during processing to ensure accuracy of angle and position of cut or bore, using magnifying glass, loupe, or shadowgraph.
Secures gem or diamond in holder, chuck, dop, lapidary stick, or block for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping.
Examines diamond or gem to determine shape, cut, and width of stone.
Selects shaping wheel, mixes, and applies abrasive, bort, or polishing compound.
Knowledge Requirements for:
"Gem and Diamond Workers"
Mechanical -- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
See the education requirements for Gem and Diamond Workers
Skill Requirements for:
"Gem and Diamond Workers"
Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Ability Requirements for:
"Gem and Diamond Workers"
Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Arm-Hand Steadiness -- The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Visual Color Discrimination -- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Selective Attention -- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Category Flexibility -- The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
"Gem and Diamond Workers" Job Activities
Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Controlling Machines and Processes -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings -- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events -- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Performing General Physical Activities -- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People -- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Job Description for: "Gem and Diamond Workers"
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