Retail Jeweler Careers

Work Environment:

Retail jewelers sell and promote jewelry to clients which can include silverware, clocks, precious-metals, gems, watches and lower cost fashion-accessories. Being a retail jeweler, you'd generally work within shops owned by big high-street retailers though you can run your independent-store.

Your routine-tasks would comprise:

• performing stock-control and administrative duties
• organizing show cabinets and window-displays
• giving advice to clients on available items

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• giving receipts and accepting payments-for products
• assisting clients to select appropriate products

• doing adjustments and repairs
• valuing watches, clocks, precious-metals and jewelry for sale/insurance purposes
• gift-wrapping products
• giving jewelry cleaning-service

Qualification, Education and Experience:

To be a retail jeweller, you might not require particular qualifications. Though, few employers/firms might want GCSE grades or similar qualifications into subjects like design and technology, art, English or Mathematics. Metalwork experience might be helpful.

You'd have a benefit, if you've experience into customer-care/retail environment.

Training Details:

Generally, you'd get training at the work by experienced employees. You might be supported to acquire Third Level Diploma/Certificate into Retail Skills.

You can acquire qualifications provided by NAG (National Association-of Goldsmiths) like:

• Jewelers' Management-Diploma intended for existing/potential store managers
• Jewelers'-Diploma which comprises introduction to customer care, sales, gems, precious-metals and gems

For information about training courses, check the site of JAITC (Jewelry and Allied Industries-Training Council).

Skills and knowledge:

• interest into fashion, jewelry, precious-metals or gemstones
• capability to promote and sell products
• practical abilities, and excellent hand and eye co-ordination for repair-work
• friendly and polite approach
• capability to work by yourself and as member of team
• excellent problem resolving abilities
• capability to perform financial-transactions and handle money
• outstanding communication-skills
• security awareness while handling precious products
• accurateness and concentration to details

• Initial remunerations for retail jewelers can be approximately $13,500 to $16,700 for a year.
• Luxury retail-jewelers might get about $32,500 annually.

Generally, you'd work weekly for around 38 to 41 hours comprising weekends. You may work-on part time basis.

You'd work within retail-setting. You'd be required to give an excellent-impression to clients, which comprises putting on uniform and being well-presented.

Different Opportunities:

You can discover work-chances with skilled jewelery designer, jewelry retail-outlets.

Generally, you'd begin with customer-service post and by experience proceed to buying, specialist-repairs and store management. Then again, you can advance to establish your jewelry business.

Openings might be publicized by nationwide and regional press, sites of employers/firms, and websites such as jobsinjewellery.com and jewelleryjobs.com. Furthermore, you might discover JAITC site and magazines like 'The Jeweler' and 'Retail-Jeweler Magazine' helpful.

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