Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design - MEM60222
Melbourne Polytechnic
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00724G
This qualification defines the skills and knowledge required to develop jewellery and object design solutions that require a wide range of specialised technical and creative skills. Design solutions reflect consideration of aesthetics, function, production techniques, material characteristics, and marketability of jewellery and objects. It is typically used to develop skills and knowledge in jewellery and object design enterprises. Skills gained from the qualification may be applied to specialist jewellery and object design briefs, including heritage jewellery, theatre and film commissions, exhibitions and churchware, as well one-off individual client briefs.Assessment of some units of competency must, where indicated, include evidence of the candidate's performance in a functioning workplace where there is a sufficient range of appropriate tasks and materials to cover the scope of application of those units. All outcomes must reflect the standard of performance inherent in the job.In some jurisdictions, units in this qualification may relate to licensing or regulatory requirements. Licensing and regulatory information is included in the relevant units of competency.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication. Local regulations should be checked.
Subjects
- Investigate quality and application of jewellery materials
- Publicly present a body of own creative work
- Produce innovative digital images
- Produce jewellery metal masters
- Organise and communicate information
- Refine digital art techniques
- Source and estimate engineering materials requirements
- Manage design realisation
- Sell to the retail customer
- Research global design trends
- Plan and implement chenier fabrication process
- Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures
- Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials
- Render images using computer graphics software
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
- Produce jewellery wax model
- Perform jewellery metal casting
- Create silversmithing objects
- Apply drawing and rendering techniques to jewellery or object design
- Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
- Investigate drawing materials and processes
- Produce a professional jewellery design or 3D object portfolio
- Research and apply techniques for the design of wearable objects
- Articulate, present and debate ideas
- Develop and discuss ideas for own creative work
- Research and apply light and colour
- Capture photographic images
- Store and maintain finished creative work
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Conduct research
- Develop and apply creative arts industry knowledge
- Extend cultural research expertise
- Engage in the business of creative practice
- Plan, conduct and supervise a jewellery or object exhibition or program
- Experiment with techniques to produce jewellery
- Use specialised techniques to produce jewellery or objects
- Oversee jewellery or object design production
- Create and present designs for jewellery or other 3D objects
- Produce manual and computer-aided drawings from design concepts
- Experiment with jewellery or object designs
- Operate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce basic drawing elements
- Work with photomedia in creative practice
- Select materials and new technologies for jewellery or 3D object design applications
- Plan and apply casting techniques for jewellery or object designs
- Use power tools/hand held operations
- Undertake project work
- Refine 3-D design ideas and processes
- Perform brazing and/or silver soldering
- Refine 2-D design ideas and processes
- Present a body of own creative work
- Interpret and respond to a design brief
- Collaborate in professional creative projects
- Refine drawing techniques
- Research and recommend sustainable design improvements
- Use hand tools
- Apply critical thinking for complex problem solving
- Originate a body of independent creative work
- Create and manufacture jewellery or object design prototypes for the mass market
- Design and implement mechanisms in jewellery items
- Manage finances for new business ventures
- Produce renderings and technical drawings for jewellery or object design construction
- Manually finish/polish materials
- Perform basic incidental heat/quenching, tempering and annealing
- Collaborate in creative processes
- Perform computations
- Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
- Realise a body of creative work
- Use tools for precision work
- Apply photo imaging lighting techniques
- Prepare files for print
- Apply traditional techniques to jewellery or 3D object production
- Interact with computing technology
- Undertake manual handling
- Develop sustainability of own professional practice
- Apply legal principles in intellectual property law matters
- Work safely with molten metals/glass
- Use computer-aided design (CAD) to create and display 3D jewellery or object models
- Research and apply design theory
- Perform engineering measurements
- Market new business ventures
- Make scale models
- Analyse cultural history and theory
- Produce life drawings for presenting jewellery or object designs
- Make presentations
- Interpret technical drawing
- Apply chain manufacture process
- Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief
- Originate and develop concepts
Standard entry requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Fairfield | International: $37,200 | No |
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| Prahran | International: $37,200 | No |
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