Will AI Replace Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers?

Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Compute costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Grade stones based on their color, perfection, and quality of cut.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Select and acquire metals and gems for designs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Shape and straighten damaged or twisted articles by hand or using pliers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Create new jewelry designs and modify existing designs, using computers as necessary.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Plate articles such as jewelry pieces and watch dials, using silver, gold, nickel, or other metals.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Record the weights and processing times of finished pieces.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Construct preliminary models of wax, metal, clay, or plaster, and form sample castings in molds.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Write or modify design specifications such as the metal contents and weights of items.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Soften metal to be used in designs by heating it with a gas torch and shape it, using hammers and dies.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Research and analyze reference materials, and consult with interested parties to develop new products or modify existing designs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Mark, engrave, or emboss designs on metal pieces such as castings, wire, or jewelry, following specifications.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Pour molten metal alloys or other materials into molds to cast models of jewelry.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Buy and sell jewelry, or serve as agents between buyers and sellers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Determine appraised values of diamonds and other gemstones based on price guides, market fluctuations, and stone grades and rarity.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Lay out designs on metal stock, and cut along markings to fabricate pieces used to cast metal molds.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Design and fabricate molds, models, and machine accessories, and modify hand tools used to cast metal and jewelry pieces.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Cut designs in molds or other materials to be used as models in the fabrication of metal and jewelry products.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Rout out locations where parts are to be joined to items, using routing machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Weigh, mix, and melt metal alloys or materials needed for jewelry models.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Anneal precious metal objects such as coffeepots, tea sets, and trays in gas ovens for prescribed times to soften metal for reworking.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Rotate molds to distribute alloys and to prevent formation of air pockets.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.