Jewellers and Clock Repairers
Job description
Jewellers make, assemble, repair, and appraise jewelry.
Clock Repairers repair, clean, adjust, and manufacture timepieces.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
Main tasks
Jewellers
- Manufacture and repair jewelry in precious and semi-precious metals.
- Examine, evaluate, cut, shape, and polish diamonds and precious and synthetic stones.
- Differentiate stones, identify rare specimens and detect special signs influencing their value.
- Set precious and semi-precious stones in jewelry frames.
- Supervise other jewellers as required.
Clock Repairers
- Manufacture or install timepieces.
- Dismantle and reassemble clocks and watches to check for defective, misaligned, or rusty parts.
- Replace or repair worn or broken parts.
- Evaluate, adjust, and set the clock movements.
- Clean all parts to remove dirt and dry lubricants.
- Supervise staff as required.
Advancement and mobility
Jewellers
- These individuals may specialize in a particular type of jewelry (gold or silver) or in particular operations (manufacturing or repair).
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 38.5% Female
- 61.5% Male
- 38.5% Female
- 61.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 44, 4562% of jobs
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NAICS 33917% of jobs
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NAICS 8110% of jobs
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NAICS 413% of jobs
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NAICS 712% of jobs
-
Others6% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 44, 4562% of jobs
-
NAICS 33917% of jobs
-
NAICS 8110% of jobs
-
NAICS 413% of jobs
-
NAICS 712% of jobs
-
Others6% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
DVS
in
bijouterie-joaillerie
Placement rate: 67%
12.8% of graduates pursue further studies
College
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Céramique)
Placement rate: 62.5%
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Construction
textile)
Placement rate: 60%
20% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Ébénisterie
artisanale)
Placement rate: 94.1%
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Impression
textile)
Placement rate: 66.7%
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Joaillerie)
Placement rate: 66.7%
33.3% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Lutherie)
Placement rate: 84.6%
7.7% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
techniques
de
métiers
d'art
(Maroquinerie)
Placement rate: 80%
Also required
Clock Repairers
- Watch repair certificate.
Sometimes required
- Experience as an assembler of jewelry, clocks, or watches may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Operation analysis
- Judgment and decision-making
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Digital dexterity
- Hand-arm stability
- Near vision
- Manual dexterity
- Control accuracy
- Classification
- Originality
- Colour perception and distinction
- Awareness of issues
- Visualization
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Idea generation
- Verbal skills
- Inductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Speech recognition
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Honesty
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Patience
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Make, build, install
- Self-employment
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Official name of the NOC 6344
Jewellers, jewellery and watch repairers and related occupations
Job titles
- Jeweller
- Jewellery repairman
- Jewellery appraiser
- Clockmaker
- Diamond setter
- Apprentice jeweller
- Watch repairwoman apprentice
- Diamond bruter
- Silver chaser
- Jewellery chaser
- Brass or bronze chaser
- Diamond selector - jewellery manufacturing
- Design cutter - jewellery
- Diamond cutter
- Diamond expert
- Custom bracelet maker
- Custom brooch maker
- Custom locket maker
- Gemologist
- Clock repairman
- Lapidary
- Diamond marker
- Jewellery hammersmith
- Jewellery sample maker
- Jewellery model maker
- Custom jewellery mounter
- Bench moulder - jewellery
- Jewellery moulder
- Diamond polisher
- Plater - jewellery manufacturing
- Watch repairwoman
- Diamond sawyer
- Setter - jewellery manufacturing
- Pearl setter
- Stonesetter - jewellery
- Precious stone setter
- Pearl cutter
- Stonecutter - jewellery
Skill type
Sales and service
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Last update: July 4, 2022
