Technology Skills and Tools Feedback Process

51-9071.06 — Gem and Diamond Workers

The current Technology Skills and Tools examples for this occupation are listed below. Please add your suggested examples to the appropriate category. When you are finished, click the Send Feedback button at the bottom of this page.

Technology Skills
Accounting software
  • Business accounting software
Analytical or scientific software
  • Spectrophotometer analysis software
Computer aided design CAD software
  • GemCad
  • Jewelry design software
Data base user interface and query software
  • Gem identification databases
Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
Inventory management software
  • Inventory tracking software
Tools Used
Angle grinder
  • Angle grinders
Arbors
Automatic lathe or chucking machine
  • Diamond girding lathes
Belt sander
  • Belt sanders
Bench refractometers or polarimeters
  • Bench refractometers
Bench vises
  • Mini bench vises
Blow torch
  • Piezo microtorches
Calipers
  • Digital calipers
Conductivity meters
  • Thermal conductivity testers
Cross and straight pein hammer
  • Cross peen hammers
Cutting machines
  • Cutting laps
  • Optically magnified facet machines
Digital cameras
  • Digital still cameras
Drill vise
  • Bead drilling vises
Engraving machines
  • Laser engraving tools
Faceting laps
  • Lapidary units
  • Vibrating laps
Faceting machines
General tool kits
  • Jewelers kits
Grinders
Grinding machines
  • Sphere machines
Grinding or polishing machines
  • Diamond grinders
  • Glass bevelers
  • Glass polishers
  • Polishing laps
Hammers
  • Chipping hammers
  • Crack hammers
  • Jewelers' hammers
Hand clamps
  • Mini hand clamps
Hydrometers
  • Specific gravity liquid sets
Jewelry mandrels
  • Jewelers' mandrels
Laboratory balances
  • Digital balances
Loupes
  • Jewelers' loupes
Magnifiers
  • Handheld magnifiers
Mechanical or ultrasonic metal cleaner
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
Micrometers
  • Digital micrometers
Monocular microscopes
  • Inspection microscopes
Picks
  • Rock picks
Polariscopes
  • Digital polariscopes
Power buffers
  • Polishing wheels
Power drills
  • Gem drills
  • Mini drills
Power saws
  • Glass cutting saws
  • Lapidary slitters
  • Revolving saws
  • Trim saws
Precision file
  • Precision file sets
Pressure or steam cleaners
  • Steam cleaners
Rulers
  • Precision rulers
Saws
  • Diamond saws
  • Ring saws
Spectrophotometers
Tape measures
  • Precision tape measures
Tumblers or polishers
  • Stone polishers
  • Vibratory tumblers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Ultraviolet UV lights
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