A professional who sets precious, semiprecious, or ornamental stones in rings, earrings, bracelets, brooches, metal optical frames, and other jewelled items, using handtools. Responsibilities include:

• Places item in vise.
• Cuts and files setting to accommodate stones, using files, chisels, and hand or electric drills.
• Positions stone in setting and fixes in place by pressing prongs around stone, by raising retaining metal ridge around stone, or by tapping edges of setting with setting tool and hammer, forcing metal against stone.
• Smooths edges, using emery file and pointed steel tool.
• Examines union of stone and setting, using magnifying glass.
• May drill holes in settings preparatory to setting stones in piece.
• May replace stones in rings.
• May be designated according to stone set as diamond setter or according to item worked on as metal optical frames stone setter.