1. Use various hand tools, such as: files, scribes, hand
punches, snips, jeweler saws, saw blades, pliers,
hammers, bezel pushers, stone-setting punches,
magnifiers, and hand stamps.
2. Use rotary tools like flex-shaft, hammer handpiece, stone
setter polishing machine, lap wheel.
3. Sanding and polishing processes; understand grit
differences.
4. Measure (metric and SAE), using gauge plates, calipers
dividers, and jigs.
5. Employ basic bench techniques: such as piercing, sawing,
drilling, and polishing.
6. Use hammers to form and add texture to pieces.
7. Work with flex-shaft abrasives: rubber wheel, sanding and
polishing brushes; learn differences in grit and shape.
8. Use stone setting burrs: including hart, ball, cup, budd,
setting.
9. Perform basic tool maintenance and repair.
10.Cold connecting rivets. 11.Perform arc welding on semi-precious and precious
metals.
12.Solder semi-precious and precious metals.
13.Learn and use basic laser welding techniques for semiprecious and precious metals.
14.Set stones: bezel and prong.
15.Apply patinas.