Also called: Jeweler, Goldsmith, Stone Setter
Repairs, sizes and builds jewelry by hand, setting diamonds and soldering gold.
Your bench has a torch, files, saws and a microscope. You resize a wedding ring, re-tip worn prongs and set tiny diamonds into a band one by one. Expert stone setters are paid well because one slip can crack a stone.
Master setters and shop owners earn more.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Jewelry trade school or apprenticeship; certification through Jewelers of America helps.
Ways in: Trade school, Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Jewelry Repair (trade school), Metalsmithing.
Shrinking (about -3% over 10 years). BLS projects a small decline.
Low risk for 10 years. Setting stones, sizing and repair are fine hand skills; 3D printing changes casting, not the bench work.
Classes: Art or jewelry class, Metals class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9071.
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