Short Courses (1-4 Days)
Our short courses cover jewellery and watch repair and restoration. Trainees attend the workshop for one to four days depending on the selected module. Prices include all materials used and required for the course, and all prices and tuition fees can be found on the short course prospectus which can be downloaded from the link below. You will also find details or a potential bursary which considers all 22/23 trainees that attend the courses in full and successfully complete the optional examinations. All training takes place at our state of the art modern workshops where trainees will learn from experts in the industry and our easy application process takes only 5 minutes and guarantees an onsite interview.
Introduction To Soldering
Three & A Half Day Course
Course details: Develop the skills required to make your own jump rings and links. Learn how to repair chains, safety chains, safety clips, bangles and bracelets. How to replace lobsters, swivels, and various other clasps. Learn the methods to fit bolt triggers and the procedures to take into consideration when working with white gold and rhodium plated items.
Necklace & Bracelet Repair Course
Four Day Course
Course details: Develop the skills required to make your own jump rings and links. Learn how to repair chains, safety chains, safety clips, bangles and bracelets. How to replace lobsters, swivels, and various other clasps. Learn the methods to fit bolt triggers and the procedures to take into consideration when working with white gold and rhodium plated items.
Hallmarking & Precious Metal Testing Course
Two Day Course
Course details: Introduction to the origin of hallmarking and the changes that were introduced over the years. How to hallmark your work, how to decipher each hallmark and how to register with the assay office.
Course details: Testing methods to determine Carat gold types, silver and platinum. The best procedures for bench sweeps and how to recycle your gold and silver from scrap. There will be a lecture given by a field expert from a leading UK Bullion company using the latest and most innovative technology in the trade to recoup lemel and sweep.
Ring Sizing Course
Four Day Course
Course details: Develop the skills required to resize all types of rings. Learn the correct procedure of stone setting adjustment if necessary after the resizing process while taking into consideration gemstone tolerances to heat.
Electroplating Course
Two Day Course
Course details: Develop the skills needed for electroplating in gold, rhodium, silver and bronze. Theory and practice to Include working with Rhodium and hard gold plating.
Smelting & Milling Course
Three Day Course
Course details: An in depth demonstration of melting gold, annealing, tempering and the manufacture of ring shanks of various profile sections and plain wedding bands. Using the Rolling Mill and learning how to make ingots, wire and sheet.
General Watch Repair
One - Three Day Course
Course details: Develop the skills required to make your own jump rings and links. Learn how to repair chains, safety chains, safety clips, bangles and bracelets. How to replace lobsters, swivels, and various other clasps. Learn the methods to fit bolt triggers and the procedures to take into consideration when working with white gold and rhodium plated items.
