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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION:

Advanced Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
112548	Advanced Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture
ORIGINATOR
Durban University of Technology
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
-			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Advanced Diploma	Field 02 - Culture and Arts		Design Studies
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	120	Not Applicable	NQF Level 07	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Reregistered		EXCO 0821/24	2019-10-30	2027-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30		2031-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

Purpose:
The qualification's purpose is threefold:

to provide the Jewellery Industry with designers that have advanced technical and design skills, with which to enhance the quality of the jewellery produced in the sector,

to prepare learners for further study and to prepare learners for life-long learning.
In order to do this, the qualification focuses specifically on Jewellery Design and Manufacture for enhanced production and visual communication skills, and Jewellery Theory and Professional Practice to encourage entrepreneurial activities and to develop research methods for further application. Learners are expected to participate in exhibitions and competitions outside the qualification.

Rationale:
According to the Government Gazette of 15 July 2014 development of Jewellery Design and Manufacture is considered to be in the national interest. Therefore, the qualification equips learners with knowledge and skills to enter the employment arena of jewellery design and simultaneously serves as a means of professional development within critical areas of specialisation. It will also facilitate articulation into more diverse career paths, including workshop management, increase analytical thinking and advanced technical skills through areas of specialisation. The learner will achieve competency through the innovative application of technology and an understanding of aesthetic, economic and social issues within the fields of jewellery design, manufacture and marketing. The kind of positions a graduate would hold in the industry is:

Specialist Goldsmith offering scarce skills in mass production technologies as well as new manufacturing techniques,

Designers from small business to mass production,

Middle management from production manager or quality control,

Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing specialist and Marketing and sales.

This qualification adds value from an industry perspective because it targets specific new areas of jewellery production and technologies that have become flagged by the industry as 'scarce skills'. This qualification provides a learning pathway to the Masters in Fine Art (MAFA) via a Postgraduate Diploma: Jewellery Design and Manufacture.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The structure of this qualification makes the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) possible. This qualification may be achieved in part or entirely through the RPL, which includes formal, informal and non-formal learning and work experience. The institution must brief the learner thoroughly on the utilised mechanism including support and guidance.

The institution grants credits if, the learner, demonstrates competence in the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes implicit in this qualification. RPL may allow accelerated access to further learning at this or higher levels on the NQF and obtaining of this qualification in part or whole.

Entry Requirements:
The minimum entry requirement for this qualification is:

Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture or equivalent qualification, NQF Level 6.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

QUALIFICATION RULES

This qualification comprises of compulsory modules at NQF Level 7 totalling 120 Credits.

Compulsory Modules, 120 Credits:

Jewellery Design and Manufacture 4A, 32 Credits.

Jewellery Design and Manufacture 4B, 32 Credits.

Jewellery Theory and Professional Practice 4A, 28 Credits.

Jewellery Theory and Professional Practice 4B, 28 Credits.

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate advanced critical and independent thinking in the context of contemporary jewellery practice.
2. Produce and present creative artefacts which demonstrate an integration of theory and practice at an advanced professional and technical level.
3. Practice jewellery design within a professional environment.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

Articulate a specialised area of contemporary jewellery in its cultural, historical, international, intellectual and technological contexts about one's design practice.

Support verbal, visual and textual Individual design.

Articulate ideas and information comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.

Present ideas and work to audiences in a range of situations.

Engage cultural, environmental, global, political, societal, historical, philosophical, ethical and theoretical issues relevant to contemporary jewellery practice.

Evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions in order to reach sound judgments.

Apply analytical and problem-solving skills in the workplace and demonstrate and communicate effectively.

Source, navigate, select, retrieve, evaluate, manipulate and manage information from a variety of sources through demonstration.

Select and employ communication and information technologies through demonstration.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

Develop and resolve a sustained creative, speculative and specialist jewellery practice in the use of materials, processes and locations.

Generate new ideas, take creative risks and are produce artefacts for exhibition and public projects.

Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the techniques and methods specific to the discipline.

Formulate Questions of context and reception in different kinds of jewellery practice and consider methods for reflection and evaluation.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

Work in and make positive contributions to collaborative working environments.

Show initiative, independence and responsibility in a professional working environment.

Identify and communicate personal strengths.

Develop audiences for creative work.

Demonstrate effective communication with a range of external and professional agencies.

Formulate an approach to professional marketing aspects regarding own production.

Explore the commercial relationships between the candidate`s creative work and the industry.

Integrated Assessment:
Assessment practices are open, transparent, fair, valid, and reliable and ensure that no learner is disadvantaged in any way whatsoever. Incorporate an integrated approach to assessment into the qualification. Show the integration of assessment of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in a qualification. Assessment of fundamental skills and knowledge are integrated with other aspects and use practical contexts wherever possible. Utilise the variety of methods in assessment and tools and activities appropriate to the context in which the learner is working or will work. It allows assessment of learners in the workplace or on-the-job, simulations, case studies, role-plays. Also, other similar techniques are used to provide a context appropriate to the assessment. Assess the theoretical and practical components. During integrated assessments, the assessor makes use of a range of formative and summative assessment tools methods and assesses combinations of practical, applied, foundational and reflective competencies. Continuous assessment is portfolios, practical workbooks, written assignments, written tests, visual presentations, peer group evaluation and face to face contact with learners.

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY

Jewellery qualifications of this nature are as Degrees or Honour's qualifications. The Advanced Diploma usually require a higher conceptual level.

The following qualifications offered in Australia reflect best practices in the area of Jewellery Design and Manufacture. Melbourne Polytechnic offers an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design. Adelaide College of the Arts offers an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design and the Central Institute of Technology Perth offers an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery Design.

Qualifications offered by these universities include the integration of theory and practice, similar to this qualification. They also have studio and workshop facilities that enable them to focus the manufacture and design skills, like in this qualification. The preparation of learners for the industry is through either studio-based learning or a professional practice module, which is similar to the approach in this qualification.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

This qualification allows for both horizontal and vertical articulation.

Horizontal Articulation:

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, NQF Level 7.

Vertical Articulation:

Advanced Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture, NQF Level 8.

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Fine Arts, NQF Level 8.

MODERATION OPTIONS

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CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

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NOTES

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LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

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