**Experience Level** Entry Level **Description** Jewelry polishers work closely with bench jewelers to reform gemstones and precious metals. As a jewelry polisher, you use a variety of electronic and hand tools to remove dull coatings or scratches from metal jewelry made of silver, gold, or platinum. When manufacturing a new piece of jewelry, your duties include detaching a rough cut of the jewel from the metal, placing the frame into a machine that does a rough finishing, and buffing the surface of the piece with increasingly fine abrasive to bring out the shine and remove uneven surfaces or fingerprints. The polishing process also makes the design of the jewelry more noticeable to observers. Your responsibilities also include maintaining and inspecting your tools regularly to achieve the precise results clients want. What Are the Qualifications to Become a Jewelry Polisher? Although there are no formal qualifications to become a jewelry polisher, some technical schools offer a vocational program in jewelry crafting. You can also obtain the Certified Bench Jeweler Technician designation by taking an exam offered by the Jewelers of America organization. This certification and training provide you with the equivalent of a year’s experience. From there, you can move up to the Certified Bench Jeweler, Bench Jeweler, and Master Bench Jeweler levels. These jobs offer more responsibilities and provide skills that transfer to polishing. **Skills** Maintenance, Technician, Mechanic, troubleshoot, preventative maintenance, sensors, motors, electrical, preventative maintenance, mechanically inclined **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $19.00/hr. **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Warwick,RI. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.