JEWELRY RETAIL PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA PROGRAM
Be the face of jewelry industry!
A retail-sale professional operates from the front and interacts with customers across the sale counter on a daily basis, or supervises the functioning of a showroom in a senior capacity.
This program (consisting of three Certificate Courses – Jewelry Basics, Diamond Basics, and Colored Stone Basics) prepares you to get the critical product knowledge and the sales techniques that you employ, making jewelry purchase an enjoyable and memorable experience for your customers.
WHAT YOU LEARN
- 4 Cs of diamond value and significance of each for your customer.
- How to explain the differences between different natural stones, synthetics, and possible treatments.
- Fundamentals of precious metals.
- Converting jewelry styles, designs, and other features into benefits.
- Applying proven steps for smooth and satisfying jewelry sales.
WHAT YOU EARN
- ACGS JEWELRY RETAIL PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA
PROGRAM CONTENT IN BRIEF
- JEWELRY BASICS: Precious metals; Regulations and Testing; Jewelry styles; Features and Benefits; Customer interaction and conducting sales; Cleaning and care of jewelry.
- DIAMOND BASICS: Diamonds and Diamond Value; Color as a value factor; Clarity as a value factor; Cut as a value factor; Weight as a value factor; Selling diamond jewelry
- COLORED STONE BASICS: Gemstones; Color and signicance; Phenomenal stones; Other three C’s; Gem pipeline and market; Synthetics, Imitations, and Treatments; Retail sale of stone-studded jewelry; Cleaning and care.
Lectures and practical work go hand-in-hand
Description
DURATION
54 classroom hours spread over 14 working days.
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COLORED STONE BASICS
WHAT YOU LEARN
- Basic facts about gems and their attributes
- Fundamental knowledge of the gem parameters
- Important types and categories of gems
- Marketing, retailing, treatments, synthetic gemstones
WHAT YOU EARN
- ACGS COLORED STONE BASICS CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM CONTENT IN BRIEF
- Introduction to gemstones and their study
- Significance of Color and Phenomena
- Significance of Clarity, Cut, and Carat Weight
- Market pattern of colored stones
- Treatments, Synthetics, Imitations, and Disclosure Ethics
- Retailing of colored stone
DIAMOND BASICS + DIAMOND GRADING
WHAT YOU LEARN
- Basic facts about diamonds
- The four C’s and their impact on value
- Presenting and selling diamond jewelry
- effectively at the sale counter
- Diamond grading procedures
- Clarity, color, and cut grading of diamonds
WHAT YOU EARN
- ACGS DIAMOND BASICS CERTIFICATE
- ACGS DIAMOND GRADING CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM CONTENT IN BRIEF
- Diamond- the wonder mineral
- Diamonds and Diamond Value; diamond grading procedures
- Clarity – its impact on value; clarity grading of diamonds
- Color – its impact on value; color grading of diamonds
- Cut – its impact on value; cut grading of diamonds
- Carat weight – its impact on value; full grading of diamonds
- Retailing Diamond Jewelry
- Care and Cleaning, Repairs and Storage
JEWELRY BASICS
Precious stone jewelry is one of the most important accessories in the wardrobes of women (and men too!). Diamonds and gemstones ultimately find their way to get set in pieces of exquisite jewelry – beautifully designed and crafted.
Size of the jewelry business is huge – within and outside India. If you are looking to get involved in this world of glitter, JEWELRY BASICS is the kind of course you can start with, opening the door to this exciting world of precious metals and gemstones.
WHAT YOU LEARN
- Nature and use of precious metals, their purity
- Variety and styles of jewelry
- Selling techniques, and jewelry care
WHAT YOU EARN
- ACGS JEWELRY BASICS CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM CONTENT IN BRIEF
- Nature and properties of precious metals
- Testing and Regulation methods for metals
- Jewelry designs, fabrication, different styles
- Features and benefits
- Retail selling of jewelry
- Customer care
GRADUATE DIAMONDS DIPLOMA PROGRAM
WHAT YOU LEARN
- Origin, nature, important diamond properties, diamond fashioning.
- The effect of 4Cs on diamond value.
- Methodology to grade diamonds for color, clarity, cut, and finish.
- Diamond simulants, synthesis, and treatments.
- Buying and selling diamonds.
- Providing tips for diamond buying and guiding consumers while working in the sales department.
WHAT YOU EARN
- ACGS GRADUATE DIAMOND DIPLOMA
PROGRAM CONTENT IN BRIEF
- Evolution of the diamond industry.
- Shaping of the modern diamond market.
- Origin, exploration, and mining of diamonds; important diamond sources.
- Important diamond properties.
- Diamond cutting.
- Grading procedure for Clarity, Color, Cut and Finish.
- Fancy colors and Fancy Shapes.
- Recutting, and Repolishing of diamonds.
- Simulants, Synthetics, and treatments.
- Diamond trading.
DIPLOMA IN GEMOLOGY
WHAT YOU LEARN
- Properties of gemstones.
- Identifying most of the common gemstones.
- Use of standard gemological equipment to identify stones.
- The gem pipeline.
- To distinguish between natural and synthetic gemstones.
- Relationship between quality, rarity and value.
- How the gemstone market functions.
WHAT YOU EARN
- DIPLOMA IN GEMOLOGY
PROGRAM CONTENT IN BRIEF
- This comprehensive program has three broad segments:
- Descriptions
- All important gemstones seen in the marketplace
- Historical background, where relevant
- Composition and properties
- Key identifying features
- Treatments
- Synthesis
- Imitations
- Market and trade
- Concepts and Principles
- Basics of gem science
- Origin and nature of minerals and gemstones
- Crystallography basics
- Physical properties
- Optical properties
- Compositions
- Gemstones under magnification
- Advanced techniques in gemological studies
- Synthetics & Simulants
- Gemstone Treatments
- Determinations
- Techniques of observation.
- Using different instruments – Refractometer, Polariscope, Dichroscope, Microscope, Spectroscope, UV Lamp, Electronic SG balance.
- Correct procedures and precautions
- Precise identification
- Descriptions