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Qualification details

MEM60211 - Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design (Release 4)

Summary

Usage recommendation:
Superseded
Mapping:
MappingNotesDate
Is superseded by and equivalent to MEM60222 - Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design 18/Dec/2022

Releases:
ReleaseRelease date
4 (this release) 15/Sep/2013
(View details for release 3) 20/Dec/2012
(View details for release 2) 25/Jun/2012
(View details for release 1) 27/Sep/2011

Units of competency

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CUVRES601A - Extend cultural research expertiseExtend cultural research expertiseSupersededN/A
BSBCRT501A - Originate and develop conceptsOriginate and develop conceptsSupersededN/A
MEM19043A - Oversee jewellery or object design productionOversee jewellery or object design productionSupersededN/A
CUFIND201A - Develop and apply creative arts industry knowledgeDevelop and apply creative arts industry knowledgeSupersededN/A
CUVACD506A - Refine 2-D design ideas and processesRefine 2-D design ideas and processesSupersededN/A
BSBIPR501A - Manage intellectual property to protect and grow businessManage intellectual property to protect and grow businessSupersededN/A
MEM19042A - Render images using computer graphics softwareRender images using computer graphics softwareSupersededN/A
MEM19026A - Investigate quality and application of jewellery materialsInvestigate quality and application of jewellery materialsSupersededN/A
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Classifications

SchemeCodeClassification value
ANZSCO Identifier 399411 Jeweller 
ASCO (occupation type) Identifier 4983-11 Jeweller 
ASCED Qualification/Course Field of Education Identifier 1003 Visual Arts And Crafts 
Qualification/Course Level of Education Identifier 411 Advanced Diploma 
Taxonomy - Industry Sector N/A Product Design,Jewellery 
Taxonomy - Occupation N/A Senior Jewellery Designer 

Classification history

SchemeCodeClassification valueStart dateEnd date
ANZSCO Identifier 399411 Jeweller 07/Aug/2012 
ASCO (occupation type) Identifier 4983-11 Jeweller 07/Aug/2012 
ASCED Qualification/Course Field of Education Identifier 1003 Visual Arts And Crafts 07/Aug/2012 
Qualification/Course Level of Education Identifier 411 Advanced Diploma 27/Sep/2011 
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Modification History

Release 4 - Imported elective units replaced by current versions.

Release 3 - Elective unit MEM22006A replaced by MEM22015A in Group D.

Release 2 - Elective unit MEM30001A replaced by MEM30031A

Release 1 - New qualification

Description

This qualification describes 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.

Job roles/employment outcomes 

This qualification targets independent professional designers or designers/practitioners in jewellery and objects. Designs may meet a specific client brief and reflect original design concepts. This person is likely to be an owner/operator or employed in a production workshop or small business operation and working directly with clients to produce items.

Application 

This qualification is typically used to develop skills and knowledge in jewellery and object design enterprises. Skills gained from this qualification may be applied to specialist jewellery and object design briefs, including heritage jewellery, theatre and film commissions, exhibitions and churchware, as well as one-off individual client briefs.

Pathways Information

Pathways into the qualification  

This qualification may be accessed by direct entry. Credit will be granted towards this qualification to those who have completed MEM50311 Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design, MEM40311 Certificate IV in Advanced Jewellery Manufacture (under development), or who can demonstrate equivalent vocational experience.

Pathways from the qualification  

Further training pathways from this qualification include appropriate higher education or Vocational Graduate qualifications.

Licensing/Regulatory Information

There is no direct link between this qualification and licensing, legislative and/or regulatory requirements. However, all work must comply with occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental regulations and legislation that apply to the workplace.

Entry Requirements

Not applicable.

Employability Skills Summary

Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and object design  

The following table contains a summary of the employability skills as identified by the jewellery and object design industry for this qualification. This table should be interpreted in conjunction with the detailed requirements of each unit of competency packaged in this qualification. The outcomes described here are broad industry requirements that reflect skill requirements for this level.

Employability Skill 

Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: 

Communication

  • Use research and communication techniques and technology to gather and interpret data and information related to the development designs
  • Develop design specifications in consultation with client
  • Make calculations to determine production specifications
  • Communicate with clients and design or production team
  • Complete design documentation in a range of formats including drawings, specifications and plans
  • Produce detailed specifications and production documents to guide production
  • Negotiate designs with clients
  • Present design ideas
  • Interact with and negotiate with industry representatives

Teamwork

  • Demonstrate and encourage others in working cooperatively with people of different ages, gender, race or religion
  • Provide and obtain feedback on processes, outcomes and specifications to support and improve team outcomes
  • Exchange information with clients and design team
  • Provide support to production team and oversee outcomes
  • Work with others throughout the design and production process
  • Provide leadership and direction to others
  • Participate in sustainability improvement

Problem solving

  • Analyse suitability of materials for design concept
  • Analyse and apply design influences to determine trends and opportunities
  • Evaluate information to guide design development and processes
  • Make modifications to designs or techniques based on client requirements, production or resource issues
  • Identify and address design and production problems
  • Determine and test specifications to meet objectives
  • Assess commercial viability of designs

Initiative and enterprise

  • Test procedures and design concepts to assess effectiveness in meeting objectives
  • Provide leadership in design and production processes
  • Identify non-conformances to standards and initiate appropriate action
  • Identify and implement effective ways to achieve design and production outcomes
  • Initiate and implement continuous improvement practices
  • Develop new designs for a target market
  • Identify design opportunities
  • Sell ideas to clients and other stakeholders
  • Determine promotional opportunities for work
  • Explore creative possibilities for designs
  • Evaluate sustainability of operations

Planning and organising

  • Evaluate quality outcomes
  • Determine production requirements and plans for designs
  • Develop design and production plans
  • Plan processes to achieve desired outcomes within agreed timeframes
  • Ensure workplace and equipment are set up so that work requirements are met
  • Manage design and production processes
  • Produce and test design prototypes
  • Develop and implement contingency plans when responding to incidents and problems
  • Identify and monitor resource use in own work

Self-management

  • Monitor own work against workplace, industry and quality standards
  • Adjust processes or techniques as required according to variations in requirements
  • Implement and apply OHS practices in the workplace
  • Seek feedback on own work to assess areas for improvement
  • Test quality and viability of work
  • Conduct work in a manner which minimises waste
  • Maintain currency of knowledge of trends, techniques and influences

Learning

  • Assess own skill requirements and seek further development if required
  • Develop or adjust processes based on new information
  • Maintain current knowledge and skills in trends, techniques and influences
  • Seek feedback from target market on designs and products
  • Use design tools to explore and test design concepts
  • Experiment with materials, design concepts and production techniques

Technology

  • Use information and communication technology to acquire, manage and share information
  • Use computer aided design (CAD) technology in the development of designs
  • Use machinery and equipment in the production of prototypes

Packaging Rules

The minimum requirements for achievement of the MEM60211 Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design are:

  • completion of all nine (9)  core units of competency
  • completion of twenty seven (27)  elective units of competency, to bring the total number of units to thirty six (36) .

Units with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk. Note that when selecting elective units any prerequisite units must also be completed (refer to units for details).

Elective units of competency must be selected as follows:

  • at least five (5)  units of competency from Group A
  • at least three (3)  units of competency from Group B
  • at least three (3)  units of competency from Group C
  • at least three (3)  units of competency from Group D.

The thirteen (13)  remaining elective units can be selected as follows, to bring the total number of elective units to twenty seven (27) :

  • Group A, B, C or D electives not previously selected
  • a maximum of five (5)  units from Group E
  • up to six (6)  appropriate elective units may be chosen from other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available in an Advanced Diploma, Diploma (maximum 4 units) or Certificate IV (maximum 4 units) qualification.

Appropriate units are those that would be suitable for occupational outcomes in a jewellery and object design environment.

Note that the elective units listed below include all of the units that are approved for selection from the MEM05 Training Package for use in this qualification. This meets the NSSC requirement that one sixth of the total units must be able to be selected from other qualifications in the same Training Package.

CORE UNITS  

  • Complete all nine (9)  units of competency from this list:

Unit code  

Unit title 

P 

MEM13014A

Apply principles of occupational health and safety in the work environment

MEM19023A

Apply drawing and rendering techniques to jewellery or object design

MEM19026A

Investigate quality and application of jewellery materials

MEM19040A

Create and manufacture jewellery or object design prototypes for the mass market

MEM19041A

Experiment with jewellery or object designs

BSBDES502A

Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief

CUVPRP501A

Realise a body of creative work

CUVRES502A

Analyse cultural history and theory

MSAENV272B

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

ELECTIVE UNITS  

Group A: Specialist Advanced Diploma jewellery and object design units 

  • Select a minimum of five (5)  units of competency from this list:

Unit code  

Unit title 

P 

MEM19038A

Apply traditional techniques to jewellery and 3D object production

MEM19039A

Plan, conduct and supervise a jewellery and object exhibition

MEM19043A

Oversee jewellery or object design production

BSBCRT601A

Research and apply concepts and theories of creativity

BSBDES601A

Manage design realisation

BSBDES602A

Research global design trends

BSBDES701A

Research and apply design theory

CUVACD601A

Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools

CUVPRP601A

Originate a body of independent creative work

CUVPRP602A

Collaborate in professional creative projects

CUVPRP603A

Engage in the business of creative practice

CUVPRP604A

Publicly present a body of own creative work

CUVRES601A

Extend cultural research expertise

Group B: Specialist jewellery and object creative and design units 

  • Select a minimum of three (3)  units of competency from this list:

Unit code 

Unit title 

P 

MEM19024A

Use CAD to create and display 3D jewellery and object models

MEM19025A

Create and present designs for jewellery and other 3D objects

MEM19027A

Produce life drawings for presenting jewellery and object designs

*

MEM19028A

Select materials and new technologies for jewellery and 3D object design applications

MEM19029A

Produce a professional jewellery design and 3D object portfolio

MEM19030A

Research and design sustainable objects

MEM19031A

Produce renderings and technical drawings for jewellery and object design construction

Group C: Design process and drawing units 

  • Select a minimum of three (3)  units of competency from this list:

Unit code 

Unit title 

P 

MEM09002B

Interpret technical drawing

MEM30031A

Operate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce basic drawing elements

BSBCRT501A

Originate and develop concepts

BSBDES402A

Interpret and respond to a design brief

CUVACD504A

Research and apply light and colour

CUVACD506A

Refine 2-D design ideas and processes

CUVACD507A

Refine 3-D design ideas and processes

CUVDRA502A

Investigate drawing materials and processes

CUVDRA501A

Refine drawing techniques

CUVPRP503A

Present a body of own creative work

LMFFDT4012A

Produce ideation drawings

Group D: Jewellery and object production units 

  • Select a minimum of three (3)  units of competency from this list:

Unit code  

Unit title 

P 

MEM05006C

Perform brazing and/or silver soldering

MEM06007B

Perform basic incidental heat/quenching, tempering and annealing

MEM08010B

Manually finish/polish materials

*

MEM12023A

Perform engineering measurements

MEM12024A

Perform computations

MEM13003B

Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials

MEM13004B

Work safely with molten metals/glass

MEM18001C

Use hand tools

MEM18002B

Use power tools/hand held operations

MEM18003C

Use tools for precision work

*

MEM19001B

Perform jewellery metal casting

*

MEM19012B

Produce jewellery wax model

*

MEM19013B

Produce jewellery metal masters

*

MEM19032A

Design and implement mechanisms in jewellery items

MEM19033A

Create silversmithing objects

MEM19034A

Apply chain manufacture process

MEM19035A

Plan and apply casting techniques for jewellery and object designs

MEM19036A

Use specialised techniques to produce jewellery and objects

MEM19037A

Plan and implement chenier fabrication process

MEM22015A

Source and estimate engineering materials requirements

CUVACD304A

Make scale models

CUVDES403A

Research and apply techniques for the design of wearable objects

CUVJWL401A

Experiment with techniques to produce jewellery

Group E: General Electives 

  • A maximum of five (5)  units may be selected from the following list:

Unit code  

Unit title 

P 

Digital context and imaging 

MEM16008A

Interact with computing technology

MEM19042A

Render images using computer graphics software

*

CUVACD512A

Work with photomedia in creative practice

CUVDIG401A

Experiment with techniques to enhance digital images

CUVDIG501A

Refine digital art techniques

CUVGRD301A

Prepare files for publication

CUVPHI302A

Capture photographic images

CUVPHI403A

Apply photo imaging lighting techniques

Communication 

MEM16006A

Organise and communicate information

BSBCMM401A

Make a presentation

BSBCRT401A

Articulate, present and debate ideas

BSBCRT402A

Collaborate in a creative process

CUVPRP405A

Develop and discuss ideas for own creative work

Professional practice and management/industry context 

BSBIPR401A

Use and respect copyright

BSBIPR501A

Manage intellectual property to protect and grow business

BSBPMG522A

Undertake project work

BSBSMB403A

Market the small business

BSBSMB405B

Monitor and manage small business operations

BSBSMB406A

Manage small business finances

CUFIND201A

Develop and apply creative arts industry knowledge

CUFRES401A

Conduct research

CUVPRP403A

Select and organise finished work for storage

CUVPRP502A

Prepare for sustainable professional practice

MSAENV472B

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

SIRXSLS201

Sell products and services

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