Graduate
Pearls Diploma Program
GRADUATE
PEARLS
Acquire all the product knowledge and grading skills you need
to buy inventory, build confidence, and increase profits. Learn
techniques for selling pearls at the retail level by using GIA's
7 Pearl Value Factors™: size, shape, color, luster, surface
quality, nacre quality, and matching. By training hands-on with
pearls, you discover how to test pearls for authenticity and
post-harvest treatments.
Buy and sell Akoya, South Sea, Tahitian, and freshwater pearls
with insight and skill
Work with
a GIA instructor and learn to professionally grade pearls
Learn how
to evaluate cultured pearls and promote the relationship of
beauty, value, and quality in your merchandise
Distinguish
between natural and cultured pearls.
To achieve
the Graduate Pearls Diploma Program, students must successfully
complete the Pearls Distance Education Course composed of 11
assignments and the popular 1 day Pearl Grading Lab Class.
The Pearls
Distance Education Course can be started at any time and Pearl
Grading Lab Classes are scheduled regularly during the year.
