The certificate program consists of eight courses. The school runs two semesters a year. Students train in more than 40 techniques, from lost wax casting, to soldering, construction, forming, production techniques, stone setting and repair. The well-equipped studio has 16 benches and access to a technology lab. With business co-operation, students can get course credit for work experience arranged through the school.
Graduates have skills to start their own studio or work in the trade.
Post secondary programs in many of the colleges with jewellery programs will credit one or two years of their program for this certificate. Evening classes are offered by the school's continuing education department. The jewellery arts program and associated evening programs have been the major training resource for metalsmiths in Manitoba. Some graduates have gone on to degree programs and others have gone directly into the trade. Design is an important component of the program, which also includes gemology, jewellery history and business practices in the jewellery trade.