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SOC 51-9071
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers design, make, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, precious metals, and gemstones, delivering pieces, specification inspections, and material records. Consider manual precision, asset handover, and heat and chemical safety; grading reports are not valuations, and authority requires separate job checks. U.S. wages and employment are presented by period; evidence for Chinese national occupational wages is insufficient.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+0+25)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Taking responsibility for judgments | Fit depends on whether you can do three things within the same assignment: produce and repair sound work (design to drawings or requirements, select and purchase materials, cut and file, set and assemble, polish and electroplate, inspect against specifications, record weights and work time, and produce reviewable pieces and work records); manage precision and safety (follow standards and organizational policies for precious metal and gemstone counts and custody, heat treatment and chemical bath safety, dust and ventilation, tool and equipment use, and appraisal and valuation grounds); and accept clearly defined job responsibilities (take responsibility for your production quality and appraisal grounds, and seek guidance or refer valuation conclusions, authenticity determinations, or client funds matters beyond authority). Test this through a verifiable exercise, such as preparing a piece's design explanation and process records using entirely fictional materials and drawings, rather than relying only on an interest questionnaire.
Insufficient evidence: the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin was checked, but no mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation was established. Industry averages, historical job offers, and U.S. wages are not used to fill the gap. This page corresponds to U.S. O*NET-SOC 51-9071.00; production or repair results are checked against designs, specifications, materials, and records. Occupational tasks include appraisal, but this does not mean every worker has appraisal, signing, or valuation authority.
Insufficient evidence: the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin was checked, but no mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation was established. Industry averages, historical job offers, and U.S. wages are not used to fill the gap. Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers correspond to O*NET-SOC 51-9071.00: designing, making, adjusting, repairing, or appraising jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gemstones. Deliverables may include pieces, specification checks, weight and time records, and handover records. This page's workflow synthesizes tasks; verify actual processes and authority for each role. Current U.S. national pay: a 2025 median of $52,540 per year; employment of 32,800 in 2025, -3% growth for 2025—2035, and 3,700 average annual openings (an overall projection, not attributed to AI). The exact occupational wage gap for China remains; industry averages are broad references only.
Career direction comparison
Compare core outputs, responsibility boundaries, and working patterns; do not interchange roles based on names.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craft Artists | Craft art | Core outputs are original handmade pieces and formal expression. This occupation focuses on specification-based production and repair of precious metals and gemstones; material value and precision requirements differ, and shared manual skills do not imply identical responsibilities. | Core outputs are original handmade pieces and formal expression. | Compare if you wish to create original crafts. |
| Structural Metal Fabricators | Structural metal fabrication | Core outputs are fabricated and installed structural metal components. This occupation focuses on small precision pieces; dimensional scale and safety requirements differ, so roles cannot be interchanged based only on titles. |
AI impact on this career
Direct answer | FermatMind recommends trialing assistance with sketch explanations, weight recalculations, and anomaly summaries using fictional work orders, checking fixed inputs item by item. Do not claim efficiency gains before measuring benefits. BLS outlook discusses how 3D printing and robotic polishing may raise productivity and reduce demand; this is an industry projection, not measured generative AI adoption. AI Impact Score 25% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+0+25)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Chinese mainland salary reference
Broad reference | Jewelry and silverware manufacturing duties relate to manufacturing. National Bureau of Statistics Tables 2 / 5: average annual wages of employees in urban manufacturing entities in China in 2025 were CNY 113,594 in non-private entities and CNY 76,055 in private entities. These figures are not this occupation's wage range, median, or take-home income. Source: https://www.stats.gov.cn/zwfwck/sjfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html.
Insufficient evidence: the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin was checked, but no mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation was established. Industry averages, historical job offers, and U.S. wages are not used to fill the gap.
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U.S. salary reference
U.S. wages in 2025 | Annual wages at the 10 / 25 / 50 / 75 / 90 percentiles were $35,580 / 39,520 / 52,540 / 69,810 / 87,540 respectively, with a median of $52,540 per year. Percentiles are neither minimum wages nor experience levels; the data do not represent individual take-home income.
| Statistical position | Annual reference | Conversion boundaries | Explanation |
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| Lower percentiles | $35,580 per year | No calculation of individual monthly pay | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
Fit signals
Direct answer | Fit signals include sustained fine manual work, great patience with dimensions and appearance, working from specifications and material records, and escalating appraisal or valuation doubts. Personality labels do not establish fit. Interest and personality tools can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility, authorization, or performance.
Positive signals： Positive signals | You can follow procedures to cut and shape, set and assemble, polish and inspect; check materials and weights and identify dimensional and appearance deviations; and retain reviewable process and work-time records and hand work over accurately within authorization.
Caution conditions： Caution conditions | Risk signals include skipping inspections or records to hurry, judging gemstone grades and authenticity from experience, inadequate heat-treatment or chemical bath protection, poor precious metal and gemstone counts and custody, and unauthorized valuation or authenticity conclusions. If prolonged fine work, precision pressure, and material value risks are difficult for you to tolerate, treat them as practical costs requiring serious consideration.
Trial actions： Exercise (FermatMind original, entirely on paper) | Fictional pendant P requires a hole diameter of 2.00±0.05 mm and finished metal weight of 3.00±0.10 g. Metal input is 4.00 g, the finished piece is 2.95 g, and recovered scrap is 0.95 g; inspection records show a 2.08 mm hole. The stone label is S and the attached report identifier is T, with no correspondence established. Simulated cost uses fictional units only: materials 60 units, labor 45 minutes × 0.8 units per minute, other costs 0. Calculate tolerances, the weight discrepancy, and cost, and list release blockers and handovers. Do not assume an allowable loss rate or infer a price from the report. Do not handle real valuables, heat equipment, chemicals, or cutting tools.
Risks and boundaries
Risks must be handled through their triggers, consequences, controls, and escalation boundaries.
O*NET tasks and contexts, OSHA U.S. safety guidance, and GIA's own report boundaries; control points are bounded editorial suggestions, with specific actions following organizational procedures.
Typical scenario：Material and asset records | Weight discrepancies or handover omissions may cause asset and responsibility disputes. Suggested controls: count and record disposition and handover persons under organizational procedures; investigate unexplained discrepancies first, without inventing a universal allowable loss rate.
Roles most affected：Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Possible consequence：Weight discrepancies or handover omissions may cause asset and responsibility disputes.
Entry paths
Entry reference | BLS OOH describes typical U.S. entry as high school education, though employer requirements vary. Reaching proficiency on the job often takes at least a year and depends on specialization; certification is optional. O*NET Job Zone Three is a general preparation category, not a uniform one-to-two-year requirement; check target roles' processes, supervision, and work sample requirements.
Market signals
Overall U.S. employment projection, not attributed to AI | O*NET 51-9071.00: employment of 32,800 in 2025, -3% growth for 2025—2035, and 3,700 projected average annual openings (including growth and replacement needs). Insufficient evidence: a national employment projection and a standardized recruitment sample for this occupation in China were not obtained; these figures cannot be converted into individual hiring probabilities.
United States · Precise occupation 51-9071
Employment projection | The 3% decline for BLS2025—2035 and 3,700 annual openings are entirely replacement needs from transfers or exits; O*NET now also reflects 2025 employment of 32,800 and the new opening period. Imports, 3D printing, and robotic polishing are outlook factors, not measured generative AI adoption or independent causal effects.
Growth and average annual openings
3,700 average annual openings for 2025—2035; overall occupational employment declines 3%, and openings are replacements, not net additions.
Work in O*NET 51-9071.00 primarily involves fine bench work and client communication: exactness or accuracy extremely important, 78%; indoors in a controlled environment daily, 88%; face-to-face discussions daily, 72%; decisions daily, 72%; time pressure daily, 64%; using hands continually or almost continually, 62%; sitting more than half the time, 66%; and workweeks exceeding 40 hours, 47%.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Fit signals | Work activities in O*NET 51-9071.00 primarily involve creative thinking, controlling machines and processes, obtaining information, making decisions and solving problems, and inspecting equipment and materials. If you are willing to spend long periods on fine manual work, show great patience with dimensions and appearance, document work to specifications, and follow material and operational safety requirements, these daily requirements may align with your working style. Interest and personality tools are only for designing trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
This is a work sample check, not a personality diagnosis or hiring conclusion.
Editorial trial | Complete the fictional pendant P paper exercise below: check hole diameter, tolerances, weight disposition, and stone identification. The path section provides reference answers, a recalculation of 96 fictional units, four work samples, and a seven-day plan. Do not operate heat equipment or chemicals or handle real valuables.
The first checks concern the objects (precious metals and gemstones, designs and specifications, tools and equipment), inputs (designs and specifications, materials and sources, weight and work-time requirements, and operational safety requirements), and deliverables (pieces meeting specifications, material and weight records, inspection and grading grounds, and delivery records). Anything unverified must remain pending verification; intuition based on experience cannot replace specifications and material records.
Assess the complete workflow in four steps: check inputs (confirm designs and specifications, materials and weights, and safety conditions) → define the task (produce and appraise only within authorization) → execute and document (complete processes and inspections to standard with an audit trail) → review and escalate (stop immediately and report dimensional deviations, material or authenticity doubts, or conclusions beyond authority). A complete workflow requires verifiable specifications, materials, and authorization, rather than merely an attractive appearance.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Complete workflow | Specifications, materials, processes, and inspection | |
| Step one | Confirm designs and specifications | |
| Step two | Select and check materials | |
| Step three | Cut and shape | |
| Step four | Set and assemble | |
| Step five | Polish and inspect | |
| Step six | Document and hand over |
Objects of work | Work within precision and safety boundaries with precious metals and gemstones, designs and specifications, jewelers' tools and heat-treatment and electroplating equipment, and client requirements and deadlines.
Checkable outputs | Pieces and repairs meeting specifications, material and weight records, process and work-time records, inspection and grading grounds, and delivery and handover records. Results must be traceable to designs and material sources.
Editorial workflow | Confirm designs and specifications → select and check materials → cut and shape → set and assemble → polish and inspect → document and hand over. Check specific processes for each role.
Qualifications, appraisal authority, and valuation authority must still be verified by the specific jurisdiction, organization, or employer. Training or certificates do not automatically confer appraisal qualifications or valuation authority.
The objects of jewelry and precious metal work and AI boundaries Editorial trials use fictional work orders to check drafts, arithmetic, and anomaly summaries; BLS automation outlooks are explained separately and do not measure generative AI adoption in this occupation.
| Core outputs are fabricated and installed structural metal components. |
| Compare if you wish to make structural metal components. |
| Grinding Workers | Grinding | Core outputs are grinding and polishing to tolerances. This occupation focuses on jewelry and gemstones; objects and equipment differ substantially and must be checked separately. | Core outputs are grinding and polishing to tolerances. | Compare if you wish to grind and polish. |
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| Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | Metal and plastic patternmaking | O*NET 51-4062.00 makes foundry patterns, core boxes, and templates; it does not broadly mean all models or jewelry design. Foundry objects, machine tools, and pattern inspection skills must be learned; jewelry work samples do not directly qualify someone for the role. | Foundry patterns, core boxes, and templates, distinct from finished jewelry and repair. | Compare if you wish to learn foundry patterns, machine tools, and inspection. |
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Neighboring occupations require their own tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Next, test the direction through observable deliverables.
First distinguish tasks that can be assisted from ultimate responsibility.
A technical demonstration does not establish organizational adoption.
Task exposure cannot establish when jobs will be eliminated.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sketches and estimates | Fictional work orders and sketch explanations | Editorial trial suggestion | Input this page's fictional pendant work order and ask the tool to organize specifications, weights, and anomalies. Recheck the out-of-tolerance 2.08 mm, unexplained 0.10 g, and inconsistent stone identifiers. Do not generate real alloy formulas, heat-treatment parameters, or chemical bath ratios. | Check original records and failure modes. |
| Processes and precision | Perform core tasks | Editorial trial: organize only the specifications provided | Human control points | Separately check specifications against physical objects, material identifiers, equipment conditions, and inspection results. A grading report is not a valuation, and a database report match does not replace verification that it corresponds to the physical object. Heat and chemical processes must follow organizational training and product safety data. |
| Inspection and records | Recalculate weights and record deviations | Editorial trial: check against the fixed exercise | Physical objects and specifications require separate checks; do not release anomalies yourself. |
| Appraisal and escalation | Draft anomaly handover summaries | Editorial trial: check omissions and errors | Confirm appraisal, valuation, and disposition authority separately. |
Evidence explanation | O*NET's hot technology page counts software mentions in full-year U.S. recruitment in 2025: Illustrator and Photoshop each 3%, Excel 1%. These are not AI adoption rates. BLS provides an automation outlook, and NIST provides general generative AI risks such as fabricated output; neither measures the actual effects of this page's paper trial.
Differences in impact | Sketches, specifications, and records support trials that can be checked against inputs; actual setting, precision inspection, and chemical baths involve physical objects, equipment, and safety. Text drafts cannot directly become process parameters, appraisal conclusions, or valuations, and software mention percentages do not demonstrate that these tasks are already automated.
AI primarily changesInformation organization
Human responsibility remainsResponsibility and authorization
AI primarily changesSearch and retrospective review
Human responsibility remainsOriginal record checks
Responsibility chain | From confirming designs and specifications through tool and equipment handling, human review, finished-piece inspection, and recordkeeping, every step must have a clear responsible person and traceable evidence. Appraisal and valuation conclusions must not rely solely on a model.
Confirm sources, permissions, and versions.
Assist only within the known scope.
The responsible person reviews outputs.
Stop immediately and report anomalies.
Will amplify incorrect conclusions.
Control: Check original materials.
Will change responsibility boundaries.
Control: Follow the authorization chain.
May overlook exceptions.
Control: Retain human judgment.
Practice reviewable work samples.
Retain process and failure records.
Define permissions and stopping conditions first.
BLS projects a 3% overall employment decline and lists automation and import competition as factors; it provides no independent generative AI causal effect or job elimination date.
Source: BLS OOH: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersOriginal source ↗
Software mentions, adoption, assistance effects, and employment numbers are measured separately; this page does not infer job elimination timing.
Source: BLS OOH: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersOriginal source ↗
Editorial suggestion: recheck fabricated output and original inputs under the NIST risk profile; model drafts do not authorize process, safety, or appraisal release. See human control points in this section for report / valuation distinctions.
Source: NIST AI 600-1: Generative AI Risk ProfileOriginal source ↗
Turning point | First practice specification table reading, material recalculations, and deviation handovers, then compare manual and tool drafts for omissions, calculation errors, and time spent. Judge benefits from records without declaring efficiency gains in advance. Actual processes and safety release still follow organizational rules.
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A bounded search did not establish a reliable figure; this item is not a starting salary, take-home income, or individual quote.
| Job scope | Reference value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (high school / secondary vocational school) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (junior college) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (bachelor's degree) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (other) | Verify for the specific jurisdiction | Do not use proxy figures. |
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AI and pay boundaries | This page has not established causal evidence of AI's effect on this occupation's wages. Mentions of software in job advertisements, automation outlooks, and specific pay quotes require separate checks.
| Median | $52,540 per year | No calculation of individual monthly pay | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
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| Higher percentiles | $87,540 per year | No calculation of individual monthly pay | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：$35,580 per year；National Wages: 51-9071.00 - Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Pay · 25th percentile：$39,520 per year；National Wages: 51-9071.00 - Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Pay · Median：$52,540 per year；National Wages: 51-9071.00 - Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Pay · 75th percentile：$69,810 per year；National Wages: 51-9071.00 - Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Pay · 90th percentile：$87,540 per year；National Wages: 51-9071.00 - Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Not an individual quote; region, hours, materials, and specific responsibilities require separate checks.
Covers U.S. 51-9071; does not establish a Chinese wage mapping.
Wages are for 2025; employment uses a 2025 base year and 2025—2035 projections. Current O*NET reflects the new period; older periods remain in protected shared facts.
Retain original annual / hourly units; do not assume hours or calculate individual monthly pay.
| Industry | Median annual pay (USD, 2025) | How to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | $58,320 per year | 2025 industry median annual pay for U.S. 51-9071, BLS OOH. |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods retailers | $53,990 per year | 2025 industry median annual pay for U.S. 51-9071, BLS OOH. |
| Jewelry and silverware manufacturing | $48,800 per year | 2025 industry median annual pay for U.S. 51-9071, BLS OOH. |
| Personal and household goods repair | $46,390 per year | 2025 industry median annual pay for U.S. 51-9071, BLS OOH. |
Production, repair, grading, and valuation authority require separate job checks; certificates do not confer every permission.
Check work samples, precision, material records, and supervised training; do not estimate wages from tenure.
Check city, industry, hours, and contracts separately; the national median is not a regional individual quote.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
How can RAC preferences be tested through jewelry tasks?
Conclusion | Activity preferences align more closely with a combination of hands-on making, artistic design, and following procedures (O*NET interest code RAC). However, interest codes can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
Do not use it this way: Paper samples confer no equipment, appraisal, or valuation authority.
Start a career interest trialHow can care and honest recordkeeping be observed?
Conclusion | This page does not use a single personality label to predict jewelry work performance. Observe whether you can recalculate specifications, identify hole diameter and identifier deviations, and honestly hand over unexplained weights. Paper comprehension, trained manual performance, hiring, and actual authority require separate checks.
Do not use it this way: Paper samples confer no equipment, appraisal, or valuation authority.
Start a career interest trialHow can communication style be tested?
Conclusion | RIASEC or personality frameworks can only help formulate questions; they cannot replace work samples, learning ability, qualifications, and actual performance evidence for this occupation. No tool conclusion constitutes a hiring, authorization, or appointment decision.
Do not use it this way: Paper samples confer no equipment, appraisal, or valuation authority.
Start a career interest trialHow do you handle material discrepancies?
Observe honest handovers; do not judge integrity from personality types.
Do not use it this way: Paper samples confer no equipment, appraisal, or valuation authority.
Start a career interest trialHow can calculation and table reading be tested?
Fixed inputs test arithmetic and comprehension; labels do not establish appraisal ability.
Do not use it this way: Paper samples confer no equipment, appraisal, or valuation authority.
Start a career interest trialHow do you respond to pressure to release work?
Simulated communication can be reviewed; tool labels do not replace work performance.
Do not use it this way: Paper samples confer no equipment, appraisal, or valuation authority.
Start a career interest trialFits better when: Willing to do fine metalwork such as cutting, filing, and shaping.
Watch for: Control dimensions and weights against specifications.
Fits better when: Willing to set gemstones and assemble pieces.
Watch for: Setting security and appearance require inspection.
Fits better when: Willing to complete surface processes such as polishing and electroplating.
Watch for: Chemical baths and ventilation require protection.
Fits better when: Willing to learn gemstone grades and appraisal grounds.
Watch for: Check grading reports, physical correspondence, and valuation separately; verify organizational signing authority separately.
Fits better when: Willing to inspect against specifications and record deviations.
Watch for: Inspection must be substantive.
Fits better when: Willing to record materials, weights, and work time.
Watch for: Asset disposition follows policy.
Compare preferences through three paper tasks: specification checks, form explanations, and material records, explaining your choices.
Paper trials do not measure tolerance for prolonged fine manual or bench work; real tasks require trained, supervised assessment.
The four samples should clearly state inputs, units, calculations, and pending status so others can reconstruct conclusions.
When 0.10 g is unexplained or S / T is inconsistent, state facts and receiving responsible persons rather than inventing a definite result.
Check report queries, training certificates, employer appointments, and appraisal / valuation authority separately; none establishes all the others.
Compare drafts and reviewed versions, explaining corrections to calculation errors, missed inspections, or improper releases.
Specification tables, recalculation tables, deviation forms, and handover forms are fictional samples; do not present them as real client experience.
Start with pendant P's fixed inputs, revise under the seven-day plan, then check the target trade's tool and supervision requirements.
Evidence：Jewelers And Precious Stone And Metal Workers 51-9071.00
Typical scenario：Process precision | Hole, dimension, or setting deviations may cause rework and quality issues. Suggested controls: review against explicit specifications and inspection conditions and record deviations; one passing item does not override another out-of-tolerance item.
Roles most affected：Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Possible consequence：Hole, dimension, or setting deviations may cause rework and quality issues.
How to reduce risk：Review against explicit specifications and inspection conditions and record deviations; one passing item does not override another out-of-tolerance item.
Evidence：Jewelers And Precious Stone And Metal Workers 51-9071.00
Typical scenario：Heat and chemicals | Welding fumes, ultraviolet radiation, burns, eye injuries, electric shock, and chemical exposure require controls. Suggested controls: check equipment procedures, labels / SDS, and training; the organization confirms protection and safety conditions, and anomalies stop relevant processes. This page provides no parameters or formulas.
Roles most affected：Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Possible consequence：Welding fumes, ultraviolet radiation, burns, eye injuries, electric shock, and chemical exposure require controls.
How to reduce risk：Check equipment procedures, labels / SDS, and training; the organization confirms protection and safety conditions, and anomalies stop relevant processes. This page provides no parameters or formulas.
Evidence：OSHA: Welding, Cutting, and Brazing Hazards · OSHA: Hazard Communication
Typical scenario：Grading and valuation | Inconsistent material identifiers or treating grading reports as price conclusions may cause incorrect delivery. Suggested controls: GIA reports contain no valuation; Report Check only verifies archived information. Check physical correspondence, signing, and valuation authority separately, referring doubts to the organization's designated responsible person.
Roles most affected：Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Possible consequence：Inconsistent material identifiers or treating grading reports as price conclusions may cause incorrect delivery.
How to reduce risk：GIA reports contain no valuation; Report Check verifies archived information only. Check physical correspondence, signing, and valuation authority separately, referring doubts to the organization's designated responsible person.
Evidence：GIA: Difference Between Grading Reports and Appraisals · GIA：Report Check
Typical scenario：Rushing and escalation | Deadline pressure may cause missed inspections, missing records, or incorrect release. Suggested controls: separately register deviations, unexplained weights, and identification issues; stop relevant steps first and hand over unresolved matters without hiding anomalies under pressure.
Roles most affected：Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Possible consequence：Deadline pressure may cause missed inspections, missing records, or incorrect release.
How to reduce risk：Separately register deviations, unexplained weights, and identification issues; stop relevant steps first and hand over unresolved matters without hiding anomalies under pressure.
Evidence：Jewelers And Precious Stone And Metal Workers 51-9071.00
Typical scenario：Continuing despite insufficient materials, processes, or authorization conditions.
Roles most affected：Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Possible consequence：May override safety requirements, professional qualifications, or organizational authorization.
How to reduce risk：First stop the relevant step and hand over facts, impacts, and unresolved issues to an authorized responsible person.
Evidence：Jewelers And Precious Stone And Metal Workers 51-9071.00 · GIA: Difference Between Grading Reports and Appraisals
Typical scope：Responsibilities by stage | At entry and trial stages, complete basic processes and records under supervision. At later stages, independently produce, repair, and inspect within job authorization, taking responsibility for precision and material records.
Readiness evidence：Reference deliverables | The hole diameter range is 1.95—2.05 mm; 2.08 exceeds the upper limit by 0.03 mm. The finished weight range is 2.90—3.10 g; 2.95 is within range. Input less the finished piece and scrap is 4.00−2.95−0.95=0.10 g unexplained, which cannot automatically be recorded as allowable loss. Labor is 36 units and total simulated cost is 96 units, not a market quote. The hole deviation, unexplained weight, and unverified S / T correspondence all require handover; the product is not released. Passing weight and correct cost calculations do not remove other blockers. Deliver four clearly fictional samples: an input / specification table, weight and cost recalculations, an inspection deviation form, and an unresolved-matters handover form. The latter lists facts, pending checks, receiving responsible persons, and review results, without physical appraisal or valuation.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Seven-day plan (20—30 minutes daily, editorial suggestion) | Day 1: copy the work order and boundaries. Day 2: calculate both tolerance ranges. Day 3: recalculate the 0.10 g discrepancy and 96-unit cost. Day 4: write the hole diameter deviation form. Day 5: write the S / T and weight unresolved-matters handover. Day 6: have a peer check the fixed inputs for arithmetic, omissions, and unauthorized release. Day 7: revise the four samples and record reasons. Passing observations are traceable inputs, reproducible calculations, and no omitted blockers among the three; paper samples do not verify actual manual proficiency or confer appraisal authority.
Typical scope：Check identifiers, weights, sources, and work order versions against the assigned material list.
Readiness evidence：Material receipt forms trace work orders, quantities, and discrepancies pending investigation.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Neighboring directions | Before changing careers, list transferable skills (metalwork and setting, precision and inspection, material and weight records, client communication, and safety and compliance), then specify the tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility required for the new role. Moving into craft art, structural metal fabrication, grinding and polishing, or mold making requires the corresponding process scale and safety evidence.
Typical scope：Operate under assigned processes and equipment procedures in an appropriate training setting.
Readiness evidence：Supervised work samples include specifications, inspection, and rework records.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Learn metalworking, setting, or polishing for the role, checking equipment permissions separately.
Typical scope：Check results against specifications; satisfactory appearance does not establish dimensional compliance.
Readiness evidence：Deviation forms state values, units, facts, and receiving responsible persons.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Review a rework item and reasons for withholding release.
Typical scope：Complete production or repair within the confirmed trade scope.
Readiness evidence：Dimensions, weights, and inspection records across successive pieces are traceable.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：The employer confirms processes that may be performed independently.
Typical scope：Record input, finished pieces, scrap, and work time; report unexplained discrepancies.
Readiness evidence：Material disposition and cost assumptions are reproducible, without invented loss rates.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Learn organizational inventory and work order cost definitions.
Typical scope：Classify specification, surface, or identification issues and arrange authorized rework.
Readiness evidence：Complete records before and after rework and reinspection results.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Check product conditions prohibiting rework or requiring escalation.
Typical scope：Clarify specifications, deadlines, and unconfirmed items, distinguishing estimates from commitments.
Readiness evidence：Client confirmation records are not presented as appraisal or valuation reports.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Learn the organization's dispute and review processes.
Typical scope：Demonstrate drawing interpretation, records, and anomaly stopping conditions.
Readiness evidence：Give specific feedback on missed inspections in newcomers' supervised deliverables.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Develop coaching observations and process authorization boundaries.
Typical scope：Assign work according to skills, checking material flows and inspection points.
Readiness evidence：Records trace each process and unreleased status.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Build inventory coordination and quality management ability.
Typical scope：Choose metalwork, setting, repair, or grading and obtain the relevant training.
Readiness evidence：Establish target-direction work samples and corresponding instrument / process evidence.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Check signing and valuation authority; it does not expand automatically.
Typical scope：Compare work objects in foundry patternmaking, machine grinding, toolmaking, or gemstone processing.
Readiness evidence：Identify gaps in the new role's tools, specifications, and safety capabilities.
Credential boundary：Training, appointments, and process / appraisal / valuation authority require separate checks; this page confers none.
Next moves：Obtain training and work samples for the target objects before applying.
Check specifications, material identifiers, units, and sources.
Operate within authorized processes and record deviations.
Track material discrepancies, rework, and unreleased items.
Obtain target-trade training; seniority does not expand appraisal authority.
Does not establish：Not real-time recruitment or individual hiring probabilities.
Mainland China · Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Insufficient evidence: the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin was checked, but no mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation was established. Industry averages, historical job offers, and U.S. wages are not used to fill the gap.
National occupational wages
Industry averages cannot fill an occupational distribution gap.
Does not establish：A bounded review established no figure; this does not mean no data exist anywhere.
Yantian, Shenzhen, mainland China · Historical Wanfeng Jewelry finishing craftsperson sample
Shenzhen Wanfeng Jewelry Co., Ltd.: casting and hydraulic press processes; plain-gold bracelets, rings, necklaces, pendants, and earrings. Three years' experience in the same trade preferred. Employer located in Beishan Industrial Zone, 146 Beishan Road, Yantian.
Verified job sample
Checked by employer, task, and location and counted as one deduplicated sample; the announcement's 2 positions were vacancies for that period.
Does not establish：Current recruitment status unverified; no extrapolation to national demand, wage distributions, or hiring probabilities.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Transferable skills | Shared foundations in related directions include metalwork and setting, precision and inspection, material and weight records, client communication, and safety and compliance. Each path still requires the tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility corresponding to its new outputs and obligations.
Build next：Skill gaps | Moving into neighboring fields such as craft art, structural metal fabrication, grinding and polishing, mold making, or tool and die making requires the corresponding process scale, materials and equipment, or precision standards evidence. Proximity supports comparison of directions; it does not mean automatic job transfer or mutual recognition of qualifications.
View career profileTransfers：Metal processing and tool use
Build next：Structural component scale, welding, and installation safety
View career profileTransfers：Grinding and polishing fundamentals
Build next：Tolerance control and batch grinding processes
View career profileTransfers：Drawing interpretation, material and tool awareness
Build next：Foundry patterns, core boxes, templates, and machine-tool inspection skills
View career profileTransfers：Precision machining and inspection
Build next：Precision standards for tool and die making
View career profileTransfers：Material identification, fine processing, and inspection records
Build next：Gem cutting, grinding, and polishing equipment, gemstone evaluation methods, and trained physical work
View career profileThis occupation designs, makes, adjusts, repairs, or appraises jewelry, precious metals, and gemstones. Craft artists focus on original handmade expression; structural metal fabricators on structural metal components; grinding workers grind and polish to tolerances; metal and plastic patternmakers make foundry patterns, core boxes, and templates; and tool and die makers make tools and dies. Compare core outputs, material scale, and precision requirements rather than interchanging titles.
Fit signals include sustained fine manual work, great patience with dimensions and appearance, working from specifications and material records, and escalating appraisal or valuation doubts. Personality labels do not establish fit. Interest and personality tools can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
Editorial advice is to trial drafts, recalculations, and anomaly summaries using fictional work orders; this page has no measured efficiency gains. BLS projects demand effects from 3D printing and robotic polishing, not measured generative AI adoption; recruitment software mentions are also not AI adoption rates. This page provides no job elimination date.
Tool output cannot replace process and appraisal judgments. People must revisit materials and specifications, review key judgments, and take responsibility for process precision, heat-treatment and chemical bath safety, gemstone grading, and appraisal conclusions. Valuation or authenticity conclusions beyond authority are referred according to qualifications and the authorization chain.
Insufficient evidence: the National Bureau of Statistics' 2025 industry wage bulletin was checked, but no mainland China national wage distribution for this precise occupation was established. Industry averages, historical job offers, and U.S. wages are not used to fill the gap.
Insufficient evidence: this page did not obtain wage percentiles 25 and 75 for U.S. 51-9071 in 2025. Verified 2025 median hourly pay is $25.26 and annual pay is $52,540; the lowest 10% earned below $35,580 per year and the highest 10% above $87,540 per year. OEWS includes commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses meeting its definition, but excludes nonproduction bonuses, overtime premiums, profit sharing, and employer benefit costs. These are not starting salaries or individual take-home income.
BLS OOH describes typical U.S. entry as high school education. Reaching proficiency on the job often takes at least a year and depends on specialization; certification is optional. O*NET Job Zone Three is a general preparation category, and education response distributions are not uniform thresholds. Check appointments, process equipment, appraisal authority, and valuation authority separately.
Control material discrepancies, specification deviations, heat and chemicals, and grading / valuation boundaries separately. Document under organizational procedures and check labels / SDS and training. GIA reports contain no valuation; Report Check verifies archived information only, while physical correspondence requires a separate check. Stop relevant steps and hand over when uncertain or beyond authority.
O*NET retains 2024 employment of 35,100 and 4,000 average annual openings for 2024—2034. Newer BLS figures show 32,800 employed in 2025, a 3% decline for 2025—2035, and 3,700 annual openings, all replacement needs. Do not combine periods; the Yantian August 2026 jewelry finishing sample does not represent current vacancies or national demand.
Start with the fictional pendant P paper exercise, recalculating the hole's 0.03 mm excess above the upper limit, 0.10 g unexplained, and 96 fictional cost units. Deliver four samples and review the three blockers under the seven-day plan. The sample does not verify real manual proficiency or confer appraisal, valuation, or equipment authority.
Evidence for China, the United States, global contexts, and specific jurisdictions is stated separately; conclusions about pay, employment, qualifications, safety, and AI must not be combined across scopes. The jewelers and precious stone and metal workers page provides career decision and safe trial information; it does not replace local legal, medical, financial, safety, professional practice, or other professional advice. Any statement of insufficient evidence means only that a bounded search did not establish reliable data; proxies or model memory must not be used to fabricate figures. This page covers only the precise O*NET / SOC occupation 51-9071.00, Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers.
FermatMind research workflow
2025 annual average wages; published 2026-05-15; accessed 2026-08-31
Average Annual Wages of Employees in Urban Entities in 2025
Limitations：Not external adoption rates, replacement rates, or employment projections.
Limitations：For career exploration, not individual fit diagnosis.
Limitations：This bulletin was checked without establishing a national wage distribution for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers.
Limitations：U.S. work contexts do not replace Chinese safety regulations.
Limitations：U.S. occupational definitions do not establish Chinese entry or wage definitions.
Limitations：Education distributions are not every employer's hard requirements.
Limitations：Common preparation routes are not uniform education or licensing thresholds.
Limitations：Neighboring occupations still require checks of their own responsibilities and qualifications.
Limitations：Task samples do not mean every role performs every task.
Limitations：U.S. statistics cannot be extrapolated to China; the median is not a starting salary.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Software skill mention percentages are not AI adoption rates, capabilities, or replacement rates.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：BLS OEWS wage data presented by O*NET OnLine; retains the period, employed population, geography, and units.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Precise U.S. occupation 51-9071; does not demonstrate generative AI adoption rates or Chinese demand.
Limitations：Methodological explanation, not wage figures for this occupation.
Limitations：U.S. safety guidance across trades; provides no jewelry-specific formulas or Chinese operating permission.
Limitations：U.S. rules; check specific chemical bath controls against product information, equipment, and organizational procedures.
Limitations：GIA's own report boundaries; does not establish rules for all organizations or Chinese appraisal qualifications.
Limitations：A database match cannot replace verifying correspondence between the physical object held and the report; provides no price conclusion.
Limitations：Not research on jewelry AI adoption rates, appraisal validity, or robotic polishing performance.
Limitations：Historical job sample; current recruitment status unverified. Not counted as national demand or an occupational wage distribution; unspecified quote units are not converted.
Limitations：U.S. neighboring or specialized occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. neighboring or specialized occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. neighboring or specialized occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. neighboring or specialized occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. neighboring or specialized occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：U.S. neighboring or specialized occupational boundaries; does not demonstrate automatic job transfer, mutual recognition of qualifications, or Chinese recruitment demand.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Author check on 2026-10-11 | O*NET 51-9071.00 provides occupational task and preparation context. The national wage page's 2025 percentiles are $35,580 / 39,520 / 52,540 / 69,810 / 87,540 per year; employment uses a 2025 base year and 2025—2035 projections. NBS Tables 2 / 5 support only average annual wages for China's manufacturing industry, not this occupation. AI analysis is task-level editorial judgment. The shared registry, Hero, and FAQ retain their original definitions; no claim of page-wide consistency is made.
