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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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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.
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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 |