Certificate III in Jewellery Manufacture - MEM30605
Melbourne Polytechnic
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00724G
This qualification is part of the Metal and Engineering Training Package. The apprentice undertaking this role will design and make jewellery and small objects using a wide range of materials including metals, stones, woods, plastics and fibres. Jewellers may perform the following tasks: engrave designs on ring settings, brooches and other articles; shape metal and other materials by cutting, filing, hammering, turning, spinning, bending; casting, folding and linking using specialised hand and power tools; assemble articles by soldering, screwing, or riveting together components; and finish articles using files, buffing machines or other appropriate tools.
Subjects
- Perform computations
- Work safely with molten metals/glass
- Replace watch batteries
- Prepare surfaces using solvents and/or mechanical means
- Perform gemstone setting
- Assist in the provision of on the job training
- Manually finish/polish materials
- Perform precision assembly
- Perform hand engraving
- Use tools for precision work
- Work with others in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment
- Fabricate jewellery items
- Organise and communicate information
- Perform inspection
- Handle gem materials
- Perform manual production assembly
- Use power tools/hand held operations
- Operate and monitor machine/process
- Set multistage integrated processes
- Perform operational maintenance of machines/equipment
- Use hand tools
- Perform wax injection of moulds for lost wax casting process
- Perform jewellery metal casting
- Undertake occupational health and safety activities in the workplace
- Handle and examine gemstone materials
- Perform basic incidental heat/quenching, tempering and annealing
- Set assembly stations
- Plan to undertake a routine task
- Prepare jewellery designs
- Construct jewellery components
- Interact with computing technology
- Produce jewellery metal masters
- Apply quality systems
- Pre-treat work for subsequent surface coating
- Plan a complete activity
- Perform investment procedures for lost wax casting process
- Apply quality procedures
- Perform jewellery enamelling
- Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials
- Perform precision micro-mechanism diagnosis and servicing
- Produce three-dimensional precision items
- Apply principles of occupational health and safety in the work environment
- Fault-find and maintain micro-mechanisms
- Prepare jewellery illustrations
- Produce rubber moulds for lost wax casting process
- Repair jewellery items
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Interpret technical drawing
- Diagnose and service micro-mechanisms
- Produce jewellery wax model
- Perform electroplating operations
- Perform general machining
- Perform wire, jig and barrel load/unload work
- Perform brazing and/or silver soldering
- Use workshop machines for basic operations
- Perform engineering measurements
Study pathways
Not Applicable
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