Course Overview

This programme is an informative and practical starting point for those who are interested in learning about the general manufacturing process of jewellery, and for those who are looking to take the first step towards pursuing a career in the jewellery or goldsmithing industry.

Students will develop theoretical knowledge about precision, accuracy, and problem-solving. This knowledge will be applied and practised through hands-on tasks.

This programme will also equip students with foundational theory and practice if they decide to proceed with further study of jewellery and goldsmithing.

Students will study jewellery and goldsmith theory, and apply this knowledge to manufacturing tasks such as dimensions, marking out, forming, filing, soldering, making settings, cutting stone holes, back holes, and polishing.

This programme will provide students with a general and fundamental understanding of the theory, skills, and techniques required to enter the jewellery or goldsmith industry.

General Eligibility

Admission Requirements:

Students are required to complete a pre-enrolment application and enrolment form and supply this with the required documentation to Whitecliffe. Applicants are required to participate in a pre-entry audition. Final acceptance into the course is subject to the approval of the Programme Leader & Marketing Department.

• For domestic applicants: Programme fee payment is required immediately after the applicant receives notification of their acceptance into the programme.

• For international applicants: Programme fee payment is required immediately after the Approval in Principle (AIP) from Immigration New Zealand.

Where the number of programme applicants into the programme exceeds the number of places available on the programme, applicants will be selected on the basis of:

• Meeting the entry criteria

• In order of application

• Receipt of fee payment

Places will be allotted on a first come, first enrolled basis. Other applicants will be waitlisted and informed when places become available.

Part Time Work Details

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Language Requirement

• English Language Requirements for International Students:

  Student from a country with a visa decline rate of more than 20%:

  • NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance

  • Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

  • Completed Bachelor Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma,

  Bachelor Honours Degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree, but only if the qualification is obtained from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States; and the language of instruction was English.

  • Internationally recognised English language proficiency test listed in the

  Appendix to Rule 18, but only if: the student has achieved the required test scores for the level of the programme as specified in the Table in the

  Appendix; and the scores were achieved in a single test during the preceding two years. Combination of scores from multiple tests is not acceptable.

  Student from a country with a visa decline rate of 20% or less:

  • NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance

  • - Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

  • Completed Bachelor Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma,

  Bachelor Honours Degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree, but only if the qualification is obtained from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States; and the language of instruction was English.

  • Internationally recognised English language proficiency test listed in the “Appendix to Rule 18”, but only if the student has achieved the required test scores for the level of the programme as specified in the Table (See Key Links below) in the Appendix; and the scores were achieved in a single test during the preceding two years. Combination of scores from multiple tests is not acceptable.

  • An NZQA-approved English language proficiency test, administered by a

  Category 1 or 2 institution, where the student has achieved an outcome that is equivalent to or better than those listed in the Table of the Appendix (^)

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  • Completion of all primary education and at least three years of secondary education at schools with English as the language of instruction.