Types of jobs associated with Jewelry Design

Bench Jeweler

A bench jeweler is an artisan who uses a combination of jewelry-making skills to make and repair jewelry, with the use of a variety of tools, both common and specialized. You can choose to specialize in one or more of the many areas in jewelry design- enameling, semi precious stones, thewa, silver, gold, diamond, etc.

You must attain the art of perfection and have an eye for detail, in order to become a successful jeweler. You should be willing to explore newer ideas and newer materials towards constant innovation. Of course, you need that formal training in the basic skills of the trade, including metalwork, cleaning and sizing, repair work and adjustments, fabrication, casting, and stone setting, creating models, polishing and brazing.

cleaning and sizing jewelry, cutting stones, engraving, setting stones, creating models, polishing gems and metals, brazing, and fabrication. They also perform necessary repairs and adjustments on earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and other jewelry. Some bench jewelers fulfill special orders from customers and create customized jewelry

You can also choose to work for large jewelry manufacturers or small retail jewelry stores, or begin your own business. You could also create customized jewelry for your special customers.

Gemologist

If the lure of gemstones attracts you, then gemology is the career option for you! Gemologists study the quality, characteristics, and value of gemstones.
As a Gemologist, you should be able to demonstrate your knowledge of the stones, the ability to use standard gemological tools, be able to identify common gem materials and separate natural gems from their synthetic counterparts. In addition, you must be able to demonstrate the fundamental skills of grading by color, clarity, cutting, and size per species.

Your work shall include describing, analyzing and certifying the characteristics and quality of a variety of gemstones. It is your purpose to aid the jeweler in identifying the stones in order to prevent damage while working with a particular piece of jewelry. You may also work in gemological laboratories or as quality control experts for retailers, importers, or manufacturers, while using microscopes, computerized tools, and other grading instruments to examine gem stones or finished pieces of jewelry.

You must have good hand and finger dexterity, patience, good eye-hand coordination, and excellent concentration, along with being trustworthy, honest, and having good character. If you are working with customers, you must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Horologist

A Horologist is a watch maker, watch repairer and clock repairers. Very obviously, you will be working exclusively on expensive timepieces, since they require regular adjustment and maintenance, for their manual winding mechanism or spring.

Jewelry Designer

So you can think imaginatively and creatively to develop that piece of ear rings, finger ring, bracelet or any kind of jewelry? Then you have got it all to become a jewelry designer.
As a designer, you imagine the design, put it on a piece of paper, and then carve it on wax- model, and then convert it to metal and stone. And, you could develop a complete range of jewelry or individual pieces, either for a large manufacturing house or for your own clients-customers. This, coupled with an innovative and original mind, artistic ability and fashion consciousness is enough to make you a rising star in this fast-growing field.

Entrepreneur

Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug! If you have the potential to be the ‘Jack-of-all-trades’, then you can be the proud owner of a jewelry brand. With a creative bent of mind and the willingness of setting up of your jewelry range, all you need is the knack of financials and management skills.

Jewelry Engineer

The use of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) to facilitate product design and automating certain steps in the mould making and model making process, has only eased the work load on the jeweler. This has also increased the scope of the Jewelry Engineering capacity.
Computer aided Design allows you to create a virtual-reality model of a piece of jewelry. As the master of this course, you can modify your design, change the stone, or try a different setting and see the changes on a computer screen before cutting a stone or performing other costly steps. Once you are satisfied with the model, CAM produces it in a waxlike or other material. Once that is done, you can replicate numerous copies of the piece, for manufacturing and selling into the retail market.

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