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Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking

Austin Community College District (ACC)

  • A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to make repairs, and maintain timepieces, time-measuring devices, and jewelry items. Includes instruction in mechanical timekeeping systems, digital timekeeping systems, timesetting, casting, engraving, polishing, stonesetting, soldering, fine microscopic work, equipment and tool maintenance, redesign and restyling techniques, and customer relations. Find Colleges Offering Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Degree.
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    • Job Description
      Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Average Annual Salary: $24,240
      • Average Hourly Rate: $11.65
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 3,814
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 3,619
      • Percent Job Growth: -5.1%
      Important Abilities
      • Arm-Hand Steadiness
      • Finger Dexterity
      • Control Precision
      • Near Vision
    • Job Description
      Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices, such as watches, clocks, or chronometers.
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 2,527
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 2,336
      • Percent Job Growth: -7.6%
      Important Abilities
      • Arm-Hand Steadiness
      • Finger Dexterity
    • Job Description
      Fabricate and repair jewelry articles. Make models or molds to create jewelry items.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Total Employment: 100
      • Average Annual Salary: $40,790
      • Average Hourly Rate: $19.61
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 52,219
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 51,047
      • Percent Job Growth: -2.2%
      Important Abilities
      • Arm-Hand Steadiness
      • Manual Dexterity
      • Finger Dexterity
      • Control Precision
      • Near Vision
    • Job Description
      Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Total Employment: 100
      • Average Annual Salary: $40,790
      • Average Hourly Rate: $19.61
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 52,219
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 51,047
      • Percent Job Growth: -2.2%
      Important Abilities
      • Finger Dexterity
      • Near Vision
    • Job Description
      Cast, anneal, solder, hammer, or shape gold, silver, pewter or other metals to form jewelry or other metal items such as goblets or candlesticks.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Total Employment: 100
      • Average Annual Salary: $40,790
      • Average Hourly Rate: $19.61
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 52,219
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 51,047
      • Percent Job Growth: -2.2%
      Important Abilities
      • Near Vision
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    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking
     TotalCertificateAssociate
    Overall
    All Students1284
     
    By Gender
    Male211
    Female1073
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien---
    American Indian---
    Black---
    Asian---
    Hispanic11-
    White963
    Unknown211
     
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    Paris Junior College
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      Paris, TX 75460
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    • Degrees or Certifications Awarded For This Program: 46
    • Highest Degree Offered: Associate's
    • Campus Location: Remote Town
    • Tenure System: Has Tenure System
    • Students Enrollment: 1,000 - 4,999
    • Classification: Associates--Public Rural-Serving Medium
    • Size & Residential Status: Medium Two-Year
     
     
     
    Source: IPEDS Survey 2007-2008