[Jewelry making - Article 00258] - Re: [Orchid] Just what is a Qualified jeweler?

[Candyce Park]

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    You forgot to mention do the books and accounting <LOL> Daniel it
    sounds like your apprenticeship was with the wrong person. I've
    always felt that an apprentice was someone who had no real working
    knowledge but lots of desire to learn a trade. And it sounds like you
    have had background. Can you size a ring? retip? Maybe you should be
    looking for a job not an apprenticeship! I have a weird theory its my
    own... If someone wants to be my apprentice they work for me do what
    I tell them and they get training. Period. I might buy lunch... It is
    a short term thing maybe 6 months and 2 days a week. These people
    have little or no bench experience to begin with. If I teach classes
    they get to make what they want within the parameters of the
    techniques they are learning. They pay for most materials and pay me
    $20.00 hr. Only 2 hrs a week. and then for however long they need.
    They always have home work... sawing, filing, and sanding. Whether
    its apprentice or student its always one on one. I tried to teach a
    married couple once.... As far as what the definition of a "Qaulified
    Jeweler" or better yet a "Master Jeweler" That is a matter of
    opinion. Probably because the term Jeweler covers such a large range
    of knowledge. Few could master all the skills and information and be
    competent at everything. I was told by my first shop foreman. A good
    jeweler knows when to stop. Stop pushing a prong, stop polishing,
    stop fiddiling, and stop typing <G> 

Candy (A Qaulified jeweler)
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