Qualified Diamond
Specialist

Career at SGL often starts in our classroom.

The Qualified Diamond Specialist course is a combination of theory and practical tuition that will help students understand the various aspects of diamond and factors that determine its market value. It offers a fast-paced understanding of diamond grading, the essential 4C, and its influence on value as well as identification of synthetic and natural diamonds.

Overview of the course

  • Difference between Natural and Synthetic Diamonds
  • Evaluation and Grading of Diamonds
  • The essential 4Cs (cut, color, clarity, and carat weight)
  • Different procedures to produce laboratory-grown diamonds
  • Treatment processes for diamonds
  • Identification of diamonds in the marketplace
  • Understanding its relationship with beauty, value, and quality

Topics Covered

SGL course icon for the 4Cs: Technical insights into diamond cut, color, clarity, and carat weight evaluation.

4Cs of the diamond

Insights cut, color, clarity, and carat.

SGL course icon for Hands-on Practice: Using laboratory equipment and instruments on diamonds of various sizes and shapes.

Hands on Practice

Using equipment and instruments on diamonds of different sizes and shapes.

SGL course icon for Treatments & Processes: Understanding the characteristics and importance of diamond enhancement methods.

Treatments & Processes

Their importance and characteristics

SGL course icon for Assessment: Learning technical factors involved in the diamond grading and evaluation process.

Assessment

Factors concerning the grading and evaluation process

SGL course icon for Identification: Detailed differentiation between laboratory-grown and naturally occurring diamonds.

Identification

Lab Grown and naturally occurred diamonds differentiation

Professional gemologist working at a laboratory microscope to perform technical stone grading.
Close-up of a raw gemstone being inspected, representing the diamond collector and buyer career path.
A collection of high-quality, brilliant-cut loose diamonds representing the wholesale trade sector.
Luxury diamond necklaces displayed on mannequins within a high-end retail showroom environment.

Other Courses

SGL Colored Gemstone Specialist banner: Expertise in identifying and grading colored stones based on international standards.

Colored Gemstone Specialist

An expertise and knowledge for gem enthusiasts and enables them to identify, grade, and value gemstones based on international standards.

SGL Qualified Jewellery Specialist banner: Essential foundational training for jewelry sales and product knowledge.

Qualified Jewellery Specialist

An essential foundation of the sales and selling process which will become the key factor along your gems and Jewellery career.

SGL Retail Product Management banner: A broad course covering jewelry manufacturing, merchandising, and sales techniques.

Retail Product Management

It covers a broad spectrum of topics starting from the evolution of Jewellery to manufacturing to sales techniques and merchandising.