Technical Skills

Jewellery Foundation Programme: training to shape jewellery careers

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Are you aged 18 or older and passionate about working with your hands? Do you want to start shaping your future in the world of jewellery-making? The Goldsmiths' Centre’s Jewellery Foundation Programme is the perfect stepping stone to kick off your career as a goldsmith, diamond mounter or setter.

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Employing an Apprentice

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Bring new talent into your company and pass on vital specialist skills to the next generation of craftspeople in London, South-East or the Midlands. By employing an apprentice, you will bring new talent into your business, boost performance and help to keep vital specialist skills in our trade alive.

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Short Courses

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Whatever your background or expertise, our specialist courses will add new skills to your toolbox, refine the existing ones, and take your work to the next level. Taught by master craftspeople with decades of experience, our short courses cover topics from traditional hand skills to contemporary methods and processes and new technologies.

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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Industry

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Our CPD courses will help you to develop your technical skills and enable you to share your knowledge with others throughout your career. Designed for self-employed craftspeople as well as for bigger production teams, our training builds efficiency and accuracy, improves standards and staff retention in your business.

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