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Overview
Jewellery repairers adjust and repair jewellery pieces by resizing rings or necklaces, resetting gems, replacing precious-metal parts, soldering joints and polishing finished repairs.
In job descriptions, look for hand tools, precious metals, stone mounting, soldering, cleaning, polishing, repair records, customer information and whether the work is bench repair, shop service or workshop production.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Jewellery repairers usually work at a bench with small tools, metals, stones and customer repair notes. The work can include resizing, resetting gems, soldering broken parts, smoothing joints, cleaning pieces and returning finished jewellery in wearable condition.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes jewellery processes, precious metals, stone mounting, soldering heat control, polishing, customer information, repair records and care of small equipment. Some roles specialize in fine repairs, others in shop service or production support.
Salary context
Salary context depends on repair difficulty, value of materials handled, customer contact, workshop independence, stone-setting responsibility, speed expectations and whether the role includes diagnosis, records and final quality checks.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior bench repair, stone setting, bespoke jewellery work, workshop coordination, customer repair assessment or broader jeweller roles that combine making and repair.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy names ring sizing, chain repair, gem resetting, soldering, polishing, repair estimates and customer handover. This helps distinguish repair work from retail sales or general craft production.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay 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.
Repair and maintenance of watches, clocks and jewellery
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include jewellery polisher 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: 2
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*NETJewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
51-9071.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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.
95.25Repair and maintenance of watches, clocks and jewellery
Alternative labels
Occupation group
jeweller (7313.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/dc52966e-72db-4ad0-b3a9-5e17f1311ab8 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7313.1.6 |
| ISCO group | 7313 |
| Concept type | Occupation |