Career Outlook
Your New Career
You can work for a local jeweler, start a career in jewelry design and repair or make money creating your own pieces of jewelry and selling them on your own or at a local shop. The opportunities are plentiful; whichever you choose, you'll have the skills for the job.
Many Jewelry Design and Repair Technicians enjoy the independence and flexibility of operating their own businesses. There is always demand for professionals who can use their knowledge and skill to make damaged or worn family heirlooms look like new. Jewelry Design and Repairs can enjoy independence in this challenging and creative career!
Your New Skills
Work with people's most prized possessions: engagement and wedding rings, family heirlooms, sentimental gifts, and keep them in beautiful condition. Apply the skills you learn in your training program diligently for a successful and secure future.
You'll learn every important part of being a Jewelry Design and Repair Technician.
- The basics. The bench jeweler's tools, history of jewelry and a summary of metals, soldering and casting.
- Design techniques. Design elements, design parameters, sketching, three dimensions, form and function, designing with findings.
- Common Jewelry Store Repairs. Evaluating items to be repaired, watches, pearls, bead stringing, engraving.
- Stones and stone setting. Carat weight and style, diamonds, rubies, sapphires and other gemstones, setting stones in channel mountings, plate setting, prong replacement, and more.
Your New Diploma
Earn your Jewelry Design and Repair Career Diploma at home in as little as eight months by studying just an hour a day for your new career. Expert instructors and support staff – dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – will be just a phone call or an email away.