ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has established Gems and Jewellery Training and Manufacturing Centers (GJTMCs) in different cities to provide gems and jewellery training and manufacturing facilities.
PGJDC is providing quality education to the stakeholders of gems and jewellery industry enabling them to compete effectively in the international market.
Talking to APP, an official said the gems and jewellery sector of the country though instilled with great talent, have been lagging behind in the modern education and techniques.
GJTMCs is offering the facility of ideal learning environment where the competent faculty members of PGJDC work hard to transfer knowledge to the participants of the training courses.
"PGJDC has set up its GJTMCs in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Gilgit".
The prime motive of GJTMCs is to upgrade technology and skills in mining, gems processing and jewellery manufacturing through training and provision of required equipments and facilities, official said.
"We provide trainings on gems and jewellery designing and manufacturing with dual exposure to traditional and latest machineries like CAD/CAM technology".
Besides, GJTMCs have diversified their line of courses in jewellery manufacturing by introducing training programs of Patwa and Soumak, which run in parallel to the traditional casting, stone setting and bench-work courses, to well round the students in jewellery craft.
Moreover, applied courses in the fields of jewellery designing and manufacturing such as applied jewellery design, a combination of manual and computer based jewellery designing coupled with practical training in rapid prototyping are also being offered to enhance capabilities of the students, official said.
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