Jeweller resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what jewellers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most jewellers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Skilled jeweller with hands-on experience designing, fabricating, setting and repairing pieces in gold, silver and platinum. Comfortable moving between bench work and client consultations, balancing careful metalworking with an eye for design. Trained in traditional hand-tool techniques as well as CAD jewellery design software.
Key skills
- Craft and handmade production
- Gemstone setting
- Soldering and metal fabrication
- Visual design and sketching
- CAD jewellery design software
- Polishing and finishing
- Client relationships and advisory
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Designed and sketched custom jewellery pieces to client specifications, turning verbal briefs into wearable designs
- Cut, shaped and soldered gold, silver and platinum components using hand tools and torches, producing finished pieces to trade standard
- Set gemstones using precision burrs and hand tools, securing stones without weakening the surrounding metal
- Polished and finished pieces using buffing wheels and polishing compounds, restoring shine and extending wear life
- Repaired and restored damaged and antique jewellery, including resizing, re-setting and rebuilding worn claws and settings
- Managed a steady bench repair queue, completing routine jobs within agreed timeframes to keep client wait times down
Education
Certificate III in Jewellery Manufacture completed through an apprenticeship, usually 3 to 4 years, with some jewellers progressing through a Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design or further TAFE study in gemmology.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Certificate III in Jewellery Manufacture
- Gemstone setting
- Soldering and fabrication
- Hallmarking
- Precious metals (gold, silver, platinum)
- CAD jewellery design (Rhino/Matrix)
- Jewellers Association of Australia (JAA)
- Insurance valuations
- Bench jeweller
- OH&S compliance
- Retail jewellery repair
- Antique restoration
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.