Jeweller
Also called ring maker, jewelsmith, jewel smith
Jewellers fabricate and repair various jewellery articles. They create models from wax or metal and they may undertake the casting process (place wax model in casting ring, create moulds, pour molten metal into mould, or operate centrifugal casting machine to cast articles). Jewellers also cut, saw, file, and solder pieces of jewellery together, using a soldering torch, carving tools and hand tools and polish the article.
What you'd do
Jewellery and precious metal workers · ILO- Casting jewellery and other non-ferrous metal articles by hand
- Creating new jewellery designs and modifying existing designs, using computers as necessary
- Cutting designs in moulds or other materials to be used as models in the fabrication of metal and jewellery products
- Altering existing jewellery mountings in order to reposition jewels or to adjust mountings
- Repairing, reshaping and restyling old jewellery or precious metal ware following designs or instructions
- Making complete jewellery articles such as rings, necklaces, bangles, brooches and bracelets from materials such as gold, silver, platinum and precious or semi-precious stones
- Examining gem surfaces and internal structures, using polariscopes, refractometers, microscopes, and other optical instruments to differentiate between stones, to identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects or peculiarities affecting gem values
- Cutting and polishing gems and setting them in jewellery articles
- Engraving or embossing letters, designs or decorative lines on jewellery and precious metal ware
- Grinding, drilling and finishing jewel bearings for use in precision instruments such as compasses and chronometers
- Examining assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments
- Indoors
- Sitting most of the day
- Lots of contact with people
- Good freedom to decide
- Often more than 40 hours a week
- Deadlines every day
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Limited prospectsFewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,100 a month (Bulgaria) to €4,900 (Denmark), before tax.
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Among craft and related trades workers in the EU, women earn 26% less per hour than men. Craft and related trades workers · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Upper secondary or vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in handicrafts is the usual route.
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Will AI change it?
Very littleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.18 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
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Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for jewellery and precious metal workers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).