Silversmith
Code 7313.1.8
Silversmiths design, manufacture and sell jewelry. They also adjust, repair and appraise gems and jewelry. Silversmiths are specialized in working with silver and other precious metals.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- characteristics of precious metals
- jewellery processes
- metal and metal ore products
Skills and competences
- apply smithing techniques
- heat jewellery metals
- cut metal products
- develop jewellery designs
- create jewellery
- use jewellery equipment
- mount stones in jewels
- cast jewellery metal
- smoothen rough jewel parts
- clean jewellery pieces
- select metals for jewellery
- select gems for jewellery
- pour molten metal into moulds
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