Goldsmith-component maker: Also known as Artisan or Bench-worker, Goldsmith is the most important job role in Indian handmade-gold jewellery manufacturing sector. The goldsmith makes components which are required for handmade jewellery.
Brief Job Description: The individual at work mainly works with hand tools to create components such as balls, wire, stampings, strips and chains required for completing the jewellery piece. The individual is responsible for delivering components with minimum gold loss.
Job Role
Converting precious metal bar or pieces into jewellery components of required size, weight and quality by employing the appropriate techniques for a product, while minimising hazards and working independently.
Minimum Educational Qualifications : Preferably 10th standard passed
Maximum Educational Qualifications : Not applicable
Minimum Job Entry Age : Not applicable
Experience : Not applicable
Personal Attributes
The job requires the individual to have: attention to details; good eyesight; steady hands; ability to work for long hours in sitting position; and a lot of patience. The individual must also be able to use reflective skills in order to develop improved designs and work processes, and analytical skills to avoid errors and hazards.