- Duration
1 year, full-time
- Attendance
- 3 days per week, with 50% practical and 50% theoretical study.
- Location
- Plumpton College
Course Overview
If jewellery is your passion and you’re looking to boost your skills, this is the course for you to take here at Plumpton College, whether you’re leaving school, at college or even working in the industry.
This course is suited to anyone wanting to learn and develop fine jewellery bench skills. If you're interested in the creative process of researching, designing, making, and marketing jewellery peices, this course is perfect if you’re looking to boost your career in the jewellery industry.
It’s a technical course, packed with a variety of different units requiring different skills. You will cover:
- Researching jewellery designs and influences.
- How to draw and scale up designs in model form and then how to make these into finished pieces. This will be set as a project to allow creative flair to show through.
- How to cast, solder, and use precious and semi precious metals along with different finishing techniques.
- You will also have an opportunity to plan how to market and scale up your ideas into a business.
You'll benefit from use of our dedicated jewellery room and expert tutors able to develop your jewellery-making ability.
Entry Requirements
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You’ll need to have achieved 2 or more GCSEs between Grade 9-4 (previous grade structure A*-C) including English and maths.
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Aged 16 or over
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An ideal candidate would have a GCSE in either Art, DT, Graphic design
Bursaries
Financial support could be available to you depending on your household income, eligibility criteria, and level of study. A bursary, which is money given directly by the Government, could help fund bus travel, accommodation, course equipment, college meals, or educational trips.
Course Fees
Students aged 16-18 on 31st August in the year of starting the course do not pay tuition fees.
Students aged 19-23 studying their Level 1, 2 or first Level 3 may be entitled to tuition fee waiver depending on criteria eligibility.
Students aged 24+ who are studying a second Level 3 course or aged 24+ who are studying their first Level 3 course will have to pay tuition fees, depending on the course.
Students on low income who can prove they earn less than £25,000 (from September 2024); are unemployed; or receive state benefits could be entitled to a tuition fee waiver.
All students pay a standard facility fee of £150 to use communal, non-educational facilities.
Material fees apply to Floristry, Blacksmithing and Metalwork, Agricultural Engineering, and Motor Vehicle students, which contribute to quality resources and equipment for their studies.
Equipment & PPE
Students on a 14-16, Level 1, 2, 3, or Foundation Learning course may be required to purchase equipment such as a uniform, PPE, or kit before starting their course. Material fees are applicable depending depending on the course studied.
Work Experience
Work experience enhances your studies and is an important part of your course. It ensures you leave college ready for the world of work. It is compulsory to undertake an element of work experience when studying a Level 1, 2, or 3 course.
