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Overview
Jewellery polishers work on finished jewellery pieces with files, emery paper, hand-held polishing tools and mechanical polishing machines, and may also make small repairs.
In job descriptions, look for jewellery cleaning, buffing motions, gemstones, polishing lubricants, design specifications, jewellery equipment, barrel polishers, surface checks and minor repair work.
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Search jobsWork context
Jewellery polishing happens near the end of production or repair. The work focuses on surface finish, cleaning, small corrections and sale-ready presentation.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include polishing gemstones, sanding, grinding, clean handling of jewellery, checking design specifications and using files, emery paper, hand tools and barrel polishers.
Salary context
Pay context depends on material value, precision requirements, repair responsibility, machine use, customer-facing work and whether the role handles rare stones or fine finishes.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward jewellery repair, stone finishing, bench jeweller work, quality inspection, workshop coordination or specialist polishing for higher-value pieces.
Good to know
Look for the tools and materials named in the advert. Hand polishing, barrel polishing and minor repairs point to different workshop routines.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of jewellery and related articles
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include precious stone cutter, jewellery mounter and precious stone setter.
Explore this activityRepair and maintenance of watches, clocks and jewellery
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include jewellery repairer and watch and clock repairer.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Gem and Diamond Workers
51-9071.06
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
32.12Manufacture of jewellery and related articles95.25Repair and maintenance of watches, clocks and jewellery
Alternative labels
jewelery repairer
barrel polishing machine operative
jewelry polishing machine operator
jewelry polishing machine setter
jewellery polishing machine operative
barrel polishing machine worker
barrel polishing machine operator
jewellery polishing machine worker
barrel polishing machine tender
jewellery polishing machine setter
jewellery polishing machine operator
jewellery polishing machine tender
jewelry polishing machine worker
jewellery finisher
barrel polishing machine setter
jewelry polishing machine tender
jewelry polishing machine operative
Occupation group
jeweller (7313.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e44d2570-10cc-4984-9692-63ece1b6dce8 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7313.1.5 |
| ISCO group | 7313 |
| Concept type | Occupation |