SPE112201
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10/10/2022 - 14/10/2022
Location:
Hoveniersstraat 22, 2018 Antwerpen
Antwerp / Belgium
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Course Hours:
Monday to Friday from 8:45 am to 4:45 pm.
Coffee breaks and lunch break.
Duration: 5 days
Capacity: 10 Students
Deposit:
In order to guarantee your place in the course, we ask you to pay a deposit of 500€ within 15 days after registration. The remaining amount must be paid before the course starts in order to keep your place in the course.
Notes:
This course will give you the grading/sorting skills you need to become a diamond sorter or buyer. In this course you will deal with diamond parcels. This very intensive practical training meets the needs of the market.
Studying in Antwerp, the diamond capital of the world, offers you this unique opportunity of working with diamond parcels provided by the most important and largest diamond companies in the industry.
Several practical tests will evaluate your diamond knowledge.
Important Final price may vary according to local tax laws
Min. age: 18 years.
Diploma: HRD Antwerp Certified Diamond Grader (or equal).
Proven and sufficient professional experience can be accepted too. In this case, a brief test with a loupe 10x will apply at the beginning of the course, testing knowledge of the properties of a diamond and its 4C’s, manipulation technique of loupe and tweezers (correct use), colour determination in theory and practice and evaluation of clarity and cut.
Target Group
This course is meant for:
Diamond sorters and buyers and diamond traders, experts, appraisers and graders.
Course Content
Sorting parcels of round brilliants and fancy cut diamonds according to the 4C’s using loupe 10x, table loupe and sortoscope.
Examination
Diploma
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Sorting of Polished Diamonds | Small Goods
Sorting of Polished Diamonds | Small Goods
This course will give you the grading/sorting skills you need to become a diamond sorter or buyer. In this course you will deal with diamond parcels. This very intensive practical training meets the needs of the market.
Studying in Antwerp, the diamond capital of the world, offers you this unique opportunity of working with diamond parcels provided by the most important and largest diamond companies in the industry.
Several practical tests will evaluate your diamond knowledge.
Duration
Requirements
Min. age: 18 years.
Diploma: HRD Antwerp Certified Diamond Grader (or equal).
Proven and sufficient professional experience can be accepted too. In this case, a brief test with a loupe 10x will apply at the beginning of the course, testing knowledge of the properties of a diamond and its 4C’s, manipulation technique of loupe and tweezers (correct use), colour determination in theory and practice and evaluation of clarity and cut.
Number of attendants
Target Group
This course is meant for:
Diamond sorters and buyers and diamond traders, experts, appraisers and graders.
Course Content
Sorting parcels of round brilliants and fancy cut diamonds according to the 4C’s using loupe 10x, table loupe and sortoscope.
Examination
Diploma
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