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Automation Squad

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AI for Jewelers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers · O*NET 51-9071.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

9 of 13tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

17 matched to the tools jewelers and precious stone and metal workers use. Showing 17.

  • Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Make (make.com)

  • Adobe Photoshop

    MCP server
  • Excel

    Skill
  • Excel

    MCP server
  • Fiddle

    MCP server

    Inventory software for fast growing businesses.

    Fiddle

  • Business Finances made simple

    Intuit QuickBooks

  • Inventory Planner is a software that helps businesses automate inventory management and planning on a centralized platform. It is an essential tool for businesses with large inventories and multiple locations. Avoid overstock and out-of-stocks through accurate, data-driven foreca

  • Make (make.com)

  • Quickbooks

    MCP server
  • Web Browser

    MCP server

The tools this job actually uses

13 documented for this occupation. Showing 13, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • Intuit QuickBookshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Computer assisted jewelry design CAD software
  • Customer information databases
  • Inventory tracking software
  • Jewelry store point of sale POS software
  • Metal designing software
  • Retail management software
  • Web browser software

What this job involves

31 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
  2. Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.
  3. Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.
  4. Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
  5. Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
  6. Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.
  7. Compute costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles.
  8. Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.
  9. Grade stones based on their color, perfection, and quality of cut.
  10. Select and acquire metals and gems for designs.
  11. Buy and sell jewelry, or serve as agents between buyers and sellers.
  12. Shape and straighten damaged or twisted articles by hand or using pliers.
  13. Determine appraised values of diamonds and other gemstones based on price guides, market fluctuations, and stone grades and rarity.
  14. Create new jewelry designs and modify existing designs, using computers as necessary.
  15. Plate articles such as jewelry pieces and watch dials, using silver, gold, nickel, or other metals.
  16. Record the weights and processing times of finished pieces.
  17. Construct preliminary models of wax, metal, clay, or plaster, and form sample castings in molds.
  18. Write or modify design specifications such as the metal contents and weights of items.
  19. Soften metal to be used in designs by heating it with a gas torch and shape it, using hammers and dies.
  20. Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.
  21. Research and analyze reference materials, and consult with interested parties to develop new products or modify existing designs.
  22. Mark, engrave, or emboss designs on metal pieces such as castings, wire, or jewelry, following specifications.
  23. Lay out designs on metal stock, and cut along markings to fabricate pieces used to cast metal molds.
  24. Design and fabricate molds, models, and machine accessories, and modify hand tools used to cast metal and jewelry pieces.