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Overview
Assayers use chemical and physical testing methods to analyse silver, gold and other precious-metal or mineral materials, including separating components from mixed samples when needed.
In job descriptions, look for assay laboratory work, chemical analysis equipment, sample preparation, precious metals, raw minerals, test records, safety routines and reporting of test findings.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Assay work is laboratory-centered. Samples are prepared, chemicals and analysis equipment are handled, and results are recorded so precious-metal or mineral content can be valued or processed further.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes analytical chemistry, precious-metal properties, laboratory technique, safe chemical handling, sample labelling and clear test reports. Some roles lean toward jewellery metals, mining samples or laboratory supervision.
Salary context
Pay is usually read through laboratory responsibility, sample value, testing method, reporting duties, safety exposure and whether the role includes supervising procedures or customer-facing assay advice.
Career paths
A path can move from sample preparation and routine tests toward senior assay work, chemical testing coordination, laboratory supervision, quality reporting or specialist precious-metal analysis.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the metals, sample types, assay methods, laboratory equipment, safety routines, data records and who uses the final test findings.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for work as assayer. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals (2146)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/808b5940-8092-4f08-bc37-9b60ee5761d8 |
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| ESCO code | 2146.1 |
| ISCO group | 2146 |
| Concept type | Occupation |