Jewelery Design and Repair Online Courses

An art, also known as “the functional art”, Jewelery Design and Repair, is that branch of study, where a student is made to learn various aspects of creating a jewelery from designing, fabricating, crafting , polishing or maintaining. In laymen language we also call the professionals as goldsmith or metalworker.

It is a unique and creative filed in its own, and hence, more and more aspirants have been traced in past few years. The regular courses for this stream was always popular but now- a -days, with the demand of online education, many courses ave been launched to cover the jewelery making learning through distance learning.

You need to have a necessary talent and penchant for the profession and you can make a mark for yourself in the industry. 

Universities offering Jewelery Design and Repair Online Courses :

• Penn Foster Carrier School
• Ashworth College
• University of Washington-Seattle Campus
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Temple University
• Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• Corcoran College of Art and Design
• Maine College of Art
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Gemological Institute of America- New York

These are some of the reputed institutions that offer regular as well as online courses on Jewelery Design and Repair . They have provided various programs and courses for the students, to select a particular area of expertise from. Take a look.

Jewelery Design and Repair Online Courses :

• Jewelery Design and Repair, by Penn Foster
• Jewelery Design and Repair, by Ashworth
• BBA Jewelery Design and Management
• Bachelor of Design – Jewelery Design
• Bachelor of Science - Jewelery Design
• Bachelor of Accessory Design
• Jewelery Design BA Honors Degree
• Jewelery Design Foundation Degree- 3D Design
• Jewelery Design MA
• Design Crafts MA
• Jewelery Repairer- AS
• Metal Jewelery Fabrication- AS

These courses contain a huge range of aspects from the world of jewelery making and maintaining. The various elements of the art is being taught to the students. Take a look.

Course Structure :

• Jewelers today: An Introduction
• Tools and Equipments
• Fundamentals of Design
• Anatomy of a Gemological Casting
• Model Making
• Know your Metals
• Fabrication and Forging
• Joining Metals: Cold Connections and Soldering
• General Repair
• Ring Sizing and Repair
• Link and Chain Repair
• Designing with Wire
• Watches and other Repairs

An online learning of the course would make you as much trained in the area as any regular one and meanwhile you can take professional training also by joining some Jewelry Designing firm. The industry welcomes efficient artists and creators with open arms and once your online course is over, you have brilliant job prospects.

Career Prospects after Jewelery Design and Repair Online Course are :

• Jewelers
• Jewelery Designers
• jewelery Repairers
• Stone and Metal Workers
• Gem and Diamond Workers
• Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairer
• Production Assistant
• Product Development manager
• Product Sales Officers
• Arts and Crafts Coordinator
• Goldsmith
• Art Director
• Welder
• Solderer
• Brazer

Sectors with job opportunities after Jewelery Design and Repair Online Courses :

• Jewelery Stores
• Jewelery Manufacturing Companies
• Teaching and Research
• Independent Shops or Studios
• Freelance Business
• Fashion Houses
• Art Galleries
• Gemological Firms
• Jewelery Consultant
• Fashion Journalist

Last updated : Nov 30, 2011.