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About this qualification
MEM50322 is where the jewellery ladder turns from making to designing. The register describes “design processes and technical production skills applied to the design and manufacture of custom-made jewellery and objects”.
The examples the register gives are unusually specific, and worth reading if you are choosing between this and the trade path: “heritage jewellery, theatre and film commissions, exhibitions and churchware, as well as one-off individual client briefs”. That is commission work, not production.
The core reflects it. Only six core units, and three of them come from the Creative Arts package rather than Manufacturing — realising a body of creative work, analysing cultural history and theory, and drawing and rendering for jewellery design. Twenty electives sit on top, the widest elective allowance in the jewellery ladder.
Two providers hold it nationally.
Roles it maps to
Roles described on the national register for MEM50322.
Where it sits
MEM50322 is the design stream, entered from the trade or directly.
- Certificate IIIMEM30619 Jewellery Manufacture
- Certificate IVMEM40322 Advanced Jewellery Manufacture
- Diploma · you are hereMEM50322 Jewellery and Object Design
- Advanced DiplomaMEM60222 Jewellery and Object Design
What it covers
Twenty-six units in total: all six core units below, plus twenty electives, of which at least three must come from Group A.
The 6 core units, required by everyone:
- CUAPPR511 Realise a body of creative work
- CUARES503 Analyse cultural history and theory
- MEM13015 Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
- MEM19023 Apply drawing and rendering techniques to jewellery or object design
- MEM19026 Investigate quality and application of jewellery materials
- MSMENV272 Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
For a full list of elective units, visit training.gov.au →
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need a trade qualification first?
- No. The register records no entry requirements for MEM50322. It is a design qualification rather than a post-trade one, so it can be entered directly — though bench skills obviously help.
- Why are Creative Arts units in the core?
- Because the qualification sits across two training packages. CUAPPR511 and CUARES503 come from the Creative Arts package, which is where the practice of realising a body of work and analysing cultural context lives. It signals what this qualification actually is.
- Diploma or Certificate IV?
- MEM40322 is advanced manufacture — the bench. MEM50322 is design — briefs, drawing, materials, commissions. Choose on which half of the work you want to be paid for.
- Can I get MEM50322 through RPL?
- Often, yes, and practising makers usually have substantial evidence in the form of completed work. Whether RPL is offered is decided by each provider.
- What does it cost and how long does it take?
- Both are set by each provider and are not published on the national register.
Other registered providers
Filtered by where each provider is based, not where they can deliver.
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QLD
MinRes Training InstituteRTO 40727
Deliver and assess · National -
VIC
Melbourne PolytechnicRTO 3075
Deliver and assess · VIC -
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Other qualifications in the MEM training package, nearest level first.
- MEM60222Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object DesignAQF 6 · 2 providers
- MEM40322Certificate IV in Advanced Jewellery ManufactureAQF 4 · 0 providers
- MEM31925Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication TradeAQF 3 · 78 providers
- MEM30219Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical TradeAQF 3 · 54 providers
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