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Manufacturing & Production · Updated Aug 2026

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

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

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
54/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
46/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.High
75
Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.High
75
Compute costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles.High
74
Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.High
73
Shape and straighten damaged or twisted articles by hand or using pliers.High
75
Determine appraised values of diamonds and other gemstones based on price guides, market fluctuations, and stone grades and rarity.High
74
Create new jewelry designs and modify existing designs, using computers as necessary.Medium
74
Buy and sell jewelry, or serve as agents between buyers and sellers.High
58
Write or modify design specifications such as the metal contents and weights of items.Medium
75
Plate articles such as jewelry pieces and watch dials, using silver, gold, nickel, or other metals.Medium
75
Soften metal to be used in designs by heating it with a gas torch and shape it, using hammers and dies.Medium
75
Mark, engrave, or emboss designs on metal pieces such as castings, wire, or jewelry, following specifications.Medium
75
Research and analyze reference materials, and consult with interested parties to develop new products or modify existing designs.Medium
74
Rout out locations where parts are to be joined to items, using routing machines.Medium
73
Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.High
24
Design and fabricate molds, models, and machine accessories, and modify hand tools used to cast metal and jewelry pieces.Medium
72
Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.High
21
Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.High
17
Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.High
17
Construct preliminary models of wax, metal, clay, or plaster, and form sample castings in molds.Medium
32
Grade stones based on their color, perfection, and quality of cut.High
17
Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.Medium
23
Lay out designs on metal stock, and cut along markings to fabricate pieces used to cast metal molds.Medium
23
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.75
  2. Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.75
  3. Shape and straighten damaged or twisted articles by hand or using pliers.75
  4. Write or modify design specifications such as the metal contents and weights of items.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.01
  2. Grade stones based on their color, perfection, and quality of cut.02
  3. Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.03
  4. Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.04
  5. Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.05
Where else this work leads

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Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency76
Physical dependency47
Adoption pressure35
Labour-market resilience63
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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