Cold Enamelling Techniques For Jewellery And Artefacts Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply cold enamelling techniques to jewellery and artefacts using appropriate tools and materials.
• Demonstrate surface preparation methods to ensure proper adhesion of cold enamels.
• Analyse colour mixing principles to achieve desired hues and effects in cold enamelling.
• Evaluate the quality of finished pieces and identify common defects and remedies.
• Implement safety procedures when handling cold enamelling materials and equipment.
• Design a simple cold enamelled artefact following a step-by-step process.

Target Audience

This course is designed for jewellery makers, artisans, and craft enthusiasts who wish to expand their skills in decorative finishes. It is also suitable for hobbyists and small business owners seeking to add value to their products through cold enamelling.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. Basic familiarity with jewellery or craft work is beneficial but not required.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Learners gain hands-on experience in cold enamelling through supervised practice. They prepare substrates, mix resins and pigments, apply enamel layers, and finish samples, reinforcing theoretical knowledge and developing practical skills.

Practical Activities

• Surface Preparation and Priming — Learners clean, degrease, and prime metal and non-metal substrates (e.g., copper, aluminium, wood) using appropriate methods. (1h)
• Mixing and Applying Cold Enamel — Learners mix cold enamel resin with hardener and pigments, then apply layers to prepared substrates using brush and syringe techniques. (1h)
• Curing and Finishing — Learners cure their enamel pieces under controlled conditions, then sand, polish, and inspect for defects. (1h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.