What they do
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Cast, anneal, solder, hammer, or shape gold, silver, pewter or other metals to form jewelry or other metal items such as goblets or candlesticks.
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Artist, Bench Mechanic, Caster, Fabricator, Goldsmith, Pewterer, Platinum Smith, Restoration Silversmith, Silversmith
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Wages
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| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers* |
| Vermont - 2020 |
| Percentile1 | Hourly | Yearly |
| 10% |
$ 15.65 |
$32,540 |
| 25% |
$ 17.05 |
$35,450 |
| Median |
$ 19.22 |
$39,980 |
| 75% |
$ 26.28 |
$54,670 |
| 90% |
$ 30.68 |
$63,810 |
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| Average |
$ 21.31 |
$44,310 |
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Industries of Employment
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers* |
| United States - 2018 |
| Industry | Percent of total |
| 32% |
- Clothing and clothing accessories stores
| 32% |
- Miscellaneous manufacturing
| 19% |
- Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
| 9% |
| 3% |
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Knowledge
| People in this career often know a lot about: |
- Production and Processing
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
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- Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
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- English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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- Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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Skills
| People in this career often have these skills: |
- Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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Interests
| People in this career often prefer these work environments: |
- Realistic
Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
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- Artistic
Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
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Work Styles
| People in this career will do well at jobs that need: |
- Attention to Detail
Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
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- Analytical Thinking
Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
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- Integrity
Job requires being honest and ethical.
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- Innovation
Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
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- Dependability
Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
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Projected Employment
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| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers* |
| Vermont |
| 2018 employment |
109 |
| 2028 employment |
98 |
Annual percent change
(compounded) |
-1.1% |
Annual projected job openings
(due to change and separations) |
12 |
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Education and Experience:
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers* |
- Typical education needed for entry
High school diploma or equivalent
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- Work experience in a related occupation
None
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- Typical on-the-job training needed to attain competency
Long-term on-the-job training
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Job Zone
| Medium Preparation Needed |
- Specific Vocational Preparation Range
(6.0 to < 7.0) - A typical worker will require
over 1 year up to and including 2 years
of training to achieve average performance in this occupation.
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Education Level
| How much education do most people in this career have? |
| Education level |  | Percent of
U.S. Workers |
Doctoral or professional degree
or post-MA certificate | | 0% |
Master's degree or
post-BA certificate | | 0% |
| Bachelor's degree | | 0% |
| Associate's degree | | 1% |
Certificate or some college,
no degree | | 48% |
High school diploma
or equivalent | | 35% |
| Less than high school diploma | | 15% |
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Abilities
| People in this career often have talent in: |
- Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Problem Sensitivity
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
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- Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Work Activities
| In general, what you might do: |
- Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
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- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
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- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
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- Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
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- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
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Detailed Work Activities
| What you might do in a day: |
- Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
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- Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
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- Solder parts or workpieces.
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- Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.
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- Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
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Tasks
| On the job, you would: |
- Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
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- Solder parts together or fill holes and cracks with metal solder, using gas torches.
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- Polish articles by hand or by using a polishing wheel.
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- Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.
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- Position and align auxiliary parts in jigs and join parts, using solder and blowtorches.
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