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Regulation on the professional image and on the examination requirements in the practical and in the theoretical part of the master test for the gemstone engraver craft

Original Language Title: Verordnung über das Berufsbild und über die Prüfungsanforderungen im praktischen und im fachtheoretischen Teil der Meisterprüfung für das Edelsteingraveur-Handwerk

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Regulation on the professional image and on the examination requirements in the practical and in the theoretical part of the master test for the gemstone engraver craft (Edelsteingraveurmeisterverordnung-EdelstGrMstrV)

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EdelstGrMstrV

Date of completion: 10.08.1992

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" Edelsteingraveurmeisterverordnung vom 10. August 1992 (BGBl. I p. 1511) "

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(+ + + Text evidence from: 1.11.1992 + + +) Unofficial table of contents

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Pursuant to § 45 of the Rules of the Craft Act, as amended by the Notice of 28 December 1965 (BGBl. 1), which was last amended by Article 24 (1) of the Law of 18 March 1975 (BGBl. 705), the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, in agreement with the Federal Minister for Education and Science, has been responsible for:

Section 1
Professional image

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§ 1 Vocational Training

(1) The following activities shall be attributed to the gemstone engraver craft:
Design, design, production, processing and restoration of jewellery as well as other objects made of precious stones, synthetic stones and artificial products. (2) The following knowledge and skills are to be attributed to the gemstone engraver craft:
1.
Knowledge of design and design,
2.
knowledge of the profession-related art history,
3.
Knowledge of the professional moulding technology and the production of models,
4.
knowledge of the casting and depressing processes,
5.
knowledge of the use of acids, bases, salts and gases,
6.
knowledge of plant and auxiliary materials,
7.
knowledge of the determining, colouring and refining of gemstones,
8.
Knowledge of occupational tools, equipment, machinery and equipment,
9.
knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of precious stones, synthetic stones, artificial products and organic substances,
10.
Knowledge of procedures and equipment for the determination of gems,
11.
knowledge of professional technical rules, the industrial regulations on the use of precious stones, synthetic stones, artificial products and organic substances,
12.
Knowledge of occupational health and safety and occupational safety regulations,
13.
knowledge of occupational health and safety requirements, in particular of the protection of immissions and water, including the disposal of gaseous, liquid and solid chemicals;
14.
Designing, sketching and drawing,
15.
Modeling, in particular, models made of clay, plastilin, wax, plaster, wood, metal and plastics using the appropriate molding techniques,
16.
Examination and determination of occupational materials,
17.
Machining of occupational materials, in particular by knocking, cutting, grinding, emery and polishing,
18.
Manufacture of soluble and insoluble compounds, in particular by screws, pins, brazing, cementing and gluing,
19.
Machining of surfaces by grinding, engraving, sanding, matting, polishing and etching,
20.
Gemmological examination and determination of gems, in particular with a polarscope, refractometer, microscope, spectroscope, scale and heavy solutions,
21.
Inserts of gemstones, synthetic stones, artificial products and organic substances in prefabricated versions,
22.
Investigate, determine and assess jewellery and other objects made of precious stones, synthetic stones and artificial products,
23.
Fit and mount parts to jewelry and other items made of precious stones, synthetic stones and artificial products,
24.
Maintenance, repair and restoration of jewellery and other objects made of precious stones, synthetic stones and artificial products,
25.
Ready-to-work tools,
26.
Maintenance of the operating equipment, in particular of the occupational tools, equipment and equipment.

Section 2
Examination requirements in Parts I and II of the Master Examination

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§ 2 Structure, duration and existence of the practical test (Part I)

(1) In Part I, a master examination is to be completed and a work sample to be carried out. In the determination of the master examination work, the proposals of the test item are to be taken into consideration as far as possible. (2) The preparation of the master examination work should no longer be longer than twelve working days, the execution of the work sample no longer as a minimum of 16 hours. (3) Minimum requirements for the existence of Part I are in each case sufficient performance in the master examination work and in the working sample. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Master Examination

(1) In the form of a master's examination, one of the following works must be designed and finished:
1.
a cameo in flat or high-relief technology,
2.
a deeper-cut representation for reading and sealing,
3.
a sculpture,
4.
a shield-holder's coat of arms,
5.
a peel in a relief or in-depth cut.
(2) Before producing the master examination work, the examinee has to submit a draft sketch with main dimensions, a model, the accompanying drawing, the coloured drawing and the calculation for approval to the Master examination committee. (3) The work drawing, the coloured drawing, the calculation as well as the work report must be taken into consideration in the evaluation of the master examination work. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Work sample

(1) Two of the following works shall be carried out as a working sample:
1.
a monogram,
2.
a relief in figurative representation,
3.
a bloom,
4.
an object in abstract design,
5.
a shading,
6.
an ornamentation engraving.
(2) The working sample shall examine the most important skills and knowledge which could not be proved, or only insufficiently demonstrated, in the master examination work. Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 Examination of the subject-theoretical knowledge (Part II)

(1) In Part II, knowledge in the following six examination subjects shall be proven:
1.
Technical mathematics and calculation:
a)
Calculate lengths, areas, bodies, and weights,
b)
cost determination, including all factors essential to price formation;
2.
Design and display:
a)
design principles,
b)
Design, sketching, drawing, perspective and coloration,
c)
technical drawing,
d)
Model;
3.
Art History:
a)
History of gemstone processing,
b)
History of engraving art,
c)
Symbolism,
d)
Heraldry,
e)
contemporary gemstone processing;
4.
Technical technology:
a)
Occurrence, extraction, species, properties and use of the materials and auxiliary materials,
b)
Investigate and determine gemstones, synthetic stones, artificial products and organic substances,
c)
tools, equipment, machinery and equipment,
d)
Material processing,
e)
Surface finishing and finishing,
f)
Use of acids, bases, salts and gases,
g)
Casting and depressuring processes,
h)
professional technical rules, industrial regulations on the circulation of precious stones, synthetic stones, artificial products and organic substances,
i)
professional occupational safety and health requirements,
k)
occupational environmental protection, in particular immissions and water protection, including the disposal of gaseous, liquid and solid chemicals;
5.
General gemstone:
a)
crystal systems and structures,
b)
crystal physics and chemistry: determination of hardness, fissile strength, fracture, density, thermal conductivity and resistance as well as of electrical properties,
c)
Crystalloptics: Evaluations of optical properties, including colour and light phenomena;
6.
Special gemstone customer, taking into account the material-specific processing technology:
a)
Gemstones,
b)
reconstructed stones,
c)
synthetic rocks,
d)
artificial products,
e)
Imitations,
f)
Dublets and mixes,
g)
organic substances.
(2) The examination shall be carried out in writing and orally. (3) The written examination shall not exceed twelve hours in total, the oral test shall not last longer than half an hour. In the written examination, it is not to be examined for more than six hours in one day. (4) The examinee must be exempted from the oral examination on request if he has performed at least good written services on average. (5) The minimum requirement for the existence of Part II shall be sufficient performance in the examination subject referred to in paragraph 1 (5).

Section 3
Transitional and final provisions

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§ 6 Transitional provision

The examination procedures under way at the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be completed in accordance with the existing provisions. Unofficial table of contents

§ 7 Additional requirements

The further requirements in the Master Examination are determined by the Ordination on Common Requirements in the Master Examination in the Craft Sector of 12 December 1972 (BGBl. 2381), as amended. Unofficial table of contents

Section 8 Entry into force

(1) This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1992. (2) The provisions to be applied further pursuant to Section 122 of the Craft Code shall no longer be applicable to the extent to which they regulate the subject matter of this Regulation.