Some students study part time. First and second-year students learn jewellery and metalsmithing skills, design, presentation and surface compositional options. Combined with additional technical information in third year, students develop individual programs in their fourth year. Students are encouraged to exhibit throughout their studies and participate in the community as a foundation to a successful career. The centre promotes education in jewellery skills, techniques and the awareness of jewellery, body adornment and design.
Courses are three to six weeks.
Short workshops are offered for working goldsmiths to upgrade skills. Tutorial sessions and custom courses or workshops are available. The faculty includes Dee Fontans, who studied at the Parson School of Design in New York City and State University of New York at New Paltz. She has exhibited and published in United States, West Germany and Canada. Charles Lewton-Brain studied and worked in Germany, Canada and the United States.