Just Finished School and Stuck on Your Next Step? Transform Your Future in 6 Weeks as a Professional Jeweller
Finishing matric or high school is a major milestone, but it often comes with a daunting question: “What career path should I actually follow?”
If traditional university degrees feel too abstract, overly long, or disconnected from practical skills, you are not alone. Thousands of school leavers search for a career that offers immediate practical value, creative freedom, and real commercial potential.
At Diamgold Academy, we offer a direct route into a lucrative, timeless industry. Our 6-Week Practical Jewellery Design and Manufacturing Course gives you hands-on skills, technical trade knowledge, and the confidence to step straight into the bench-jewellery industry or launch your own custom brand.
Why Choose a Career in Jewellery Design & Manufacturing?
The luxury trade thrives on specialized craftsman skills. When you learn to work with precious metals and gemstones, you gain a high-value skill set that stays with you for life.
- High Demand for Real Craftsmen: Modern technology can design pieces, but fine jewelry always requires skilled hands to bring metal to life.
- Creative and Commercial Freedom: Turn raw gold, silver, and precious stones into wearable art while building a profitable business.
- Fast-Track Entry: Skip 3 to 4 years of university theory and jump straight into intensive, practical trade application in just 6 weeks.
- Entrepreneurial Potential: Learn skills that allow you to set up your own studio, accept bespoke client commissions, or work within established manufacturing houses.
What You Will Learn in the 6-Week Intensive Program
Our curriculum is structured to take you from absolute beginner to competent bench craftsman. Over 6 immersive weeks, you work directly with professional tools and precious materials under expert guidance.
1. Fundamental Goldsmithing & Metalworking
Learn standard workshop safety, precision measurement, and core metallurgy. Master essential techniques, including:
- Sawing, Piercing & Filing: Achieving accurate dimensions and seamless fits.
- Soldering & Fabrication: Joining metals cleanly using gold and silver solders.
- Annealing & Forming: Shaping wire, sheet metal, and ring bands into structural forms.
2. Jewelry Design & Technical Rendering
Before metal is forged, ideas are born. You will learn to draft proportional technical designs, plan gemstone mountings, and calculate metal weights accurately for production costing.
3. Advanced Mounting & Assembly
Progress into complex fabrications:
- Crafting classic solitaire settings, claw mounts, and bezel settings.
- Constructing multi-piece ring assemblies, pendants, and custom fittings.
- Surface texturing, high-polish finishing, and chemical cleaning treatments.
4. Setting Foundations & Quality Control
Understand the exact tolerances required to hold precious stones safely. Learn setting preparation, bench seat cutting, and quality control standards applied by international jewelers.
Course Overview & Details
| Detail | Specifications |
| Duration | 6 Weeks (Full-Time Intensive Workshop Training) |
| Course Fee | R55,000 (Includes training materials, metals, and standard bench tools) |
| Target Audience | School leavers, career switchers, and aspiring jewellery entrepreneurs |
| Outcome | Diamgold Academy Certificate of Competency & Portfolio of Completed Works |
Turn Passion into a Trade Legacy
You don’t need years of artistic training or previous workshop experience to succeed—just attention to detail, focus, and a passion for creating finely crafted items.
Invest 6 weeks at Diamgold Academy and step out with tangible skills, completed gold and silver pieces for your portfolio, and a clear path forward in the precious metals and jewelry trade.
Ready to Reserve Your Bench?
Seats in our workshop are strictly limited per intake to guarantee personalized, one-on-one instruction at the bench.
Contact Diamgold Academy today to receive your application form and course starter pack.
WhatsAPP Evan +27739990999
🎓 Just finished school and wondering what’s next?
Skip 4 years of university theory and gain a high-value, lifelong trade in just 6 weeks! 💎✨
At Diamgold Academy, our intensive Jewellery Design & Manufacturing Course takes you from basic metalworking to handcrafting custom fine jewellery at professional industry standards.
🛠️ What you’ll learn: • Precision sawing, filing, and soldering • Ring fabrication, bezel & claw setting preparation • Technical design, metal calculations & high-polish finishing • How to build your own portfolio and step into the luxury trade
📍 Duration: 6 Weeks (Full-Time Bench Training) 💰 Course Fee: R55,000 (Includes tools and materials) Seats are strictly limited to ensure direct, one-on-one mentorship at the bench.
👉 Ready to build your career with your own two hands? DM us today or click the link in our bio to download the course brochure and application form!
