The Certificate of Professional Aptitude (CAP) Art and Techniques of Jewelery is a national level V diploma.
It has 3 options: jewelry, setting and polishing. These diploma courses allow you to master the various techniques of manufacturing, setting or polishing a jewel.
Professions
The Jewellery Arts and Techniques CAP – Setting Option opens the doors to the setter profession.
The setter mounts the precious stones on the jewellery/pieces provided by the jeweller. This work requires a great deal of patience, concentration and dexterity.
Prerequisites/Target Audience
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Training is open to anyone with good manual dexterity and good perception of volumes.
Optional subjects for non-Baccalaureate holders
- French, History and Geography
- Mathematics and Science
- Living Foreign Language: English
Next sessions - Jewellery Arts and Techniques CAP - Setting Option
* Price of the trainings may vary according to the speakers.
Curriculum
Details
Technical production
- Professional setting technology
- Use of the setting and welding tools
- Gem fitting
- Being familiar with and knowing how to perform the various setting techniques used in jewellery: grain setting, claw setting, closed setting, calibrated setting
Technical volume
- Translating and interpreting volumes
- Poducing jewellery volumes out of plasticine
- Producing volumes and models out of was intended for melting
Art drawing
- Gouache representation of materials used in jewellery
- Rendering of volumes and stones
Technical drawing
- Using instruments
- Basic outlines and constructions
- Perspective, enhancement, projection, elevation, cutting
Art History
- The Great Civilizations from Antiquity to the Modern Day
Introduction to the jewellery production chain
- Jewellery
- Polishing
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