UK Hallmarking for Trading Standards includes five lessons:
- Hallmarking Legislation
- Compulsory Marks
- Voluntary Marks
- Mixed Metals and Technicalities
- Putting the Law into Practice.
This course explains the essential facts about hallmarking legislation and hallmarks.
It is ideal for anyone working in Trading Standards who wants to find out how they can use this important consumer protection tool in their work.
Course Content
Lessons
Status
1
Lesson 1 – Hallmarking Legislation
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Topic 1: Important Protection for Consumers
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Topic 2: Hallmarking Act Offences
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Topic 3: Exemptions from Hallmarking
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Topic 4: Dealers’ Notice
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Topic 5: Penalties, Defences & Time Limits
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Topic 6: Trading Standards powers
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Topic 7: Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
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Topic 8: Other Trading Standards legislation
- Topic 1: Important Protection for Consumers
- Topic 2: Hallmarking Act Offences
- Topic 3: Exemptions from Hallmarking
- Topic 4: Dealers’ Notice
- Topic 5: Penalties, Defences & Time Limits
- Topic 6: Trading Standards powers
- Topic 7: Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
- Topic 8: Other Trading Standards legislation
2
Lesson 2 – Compulsory Marks
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Topic 1: Three compulsory marks
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Topic 2: Sponsor Mark
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Topic 3: Examples of Sponsor Marks
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Topic 4: Fineness Marks
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Topic 5: Assaying to confirm Fineness
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Topic 6: Hallmarked Precious Metals
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Topic 7: Gold Fineness Marks
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Topic 8: Silver Fineness Marks
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Topic 9: Platinum Fineness Marks
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Topic 10: Palladium Fineness Marks
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Topic 11: Assay Offices
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Topic 12: Assay Marks
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Topic 13: applying the Mark – by punch
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Topic 14: Applying the Mark – by Laser
- Topic 1: Three compulsory marks
- Topic 2: Sponsor Mark
- Topic 3: Examples of Sponsor Marks
- Topic 4: Fineness Marks
- Topic 5: Assaying to confirm Fineness
- Topic 6: Hallmarked Precious Metals
- Topic 7: Gold Fineness Marks
- Topic 8: Silver Fineness Marks
- Topic 9: Platinum Fineness Marks
- Topic 10: Palladium Fineness Marks
- Topic 11: Assay Offices
- Topic 12: Assay Marks
- Topic 13: applying the Mark – by punch
- Topic 14: Applying the Mark – by Laser
3
Lesson 3 – Voluntary & Convention Marks
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Topic 1: An Overview of Additional Authorised Marks
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Topic 2: Optional Traditional Fineness Marks
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Topic 3: The Six Traditional Precious Metal Fineness Marks
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Topic 4: Date Letters – Historic
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Topic 5: Date Letter – Current
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Topic 6: Commemorative Marks
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Topic 7: The use of Commemorative Marks
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Topic 8: Example of Millennium Mark
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Topic 9: Example of Golden Jubilee Mark
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Topic 10: Example of Diamond Jubilee Mark
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Topic 11: The International Hallmarking Convention
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Topic 12: The UK in the Convention
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Topic 13: Countries who are members of the International Convention
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Topic 14: CCM Fineness Marks
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Topic 15: Fairtrade Marks – Background
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Topic 16: Fairtrade Marks on Precious Metal
- Topic 1: An Overview of Additional Authorised Marks
- Topic 2: Optional Traditional Fineness Marks
- Topic 3: The Six Traditional Precious Metal Fineness Marks
- Topic 4: Date Letters – Historic
- Topic 5: Date Letter – Current
- Topic 6: Commemorative Marks
- Topic 7: The use of Commemorative Marks
- Topic 8: Example of Millennium Mark
- Topic 9: Example of Golden Jubilee Mark
- Topic 10: Example of Diamond Jubilee Mark
- Topic 11: The International Hallmarking Convention
- Topic 12: The UK in the Convention
- Topic 13: Countries who are members of the International Convention
- Topic 14: CCM Fineness Marks
- Topic 15: Fairtrade Marks – Background
- Topic 16: Fairtrade Marks on Precious Metal
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Lesson 4 – Mixed Metals & Technical Issues
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Topic 1: Introduction to Mixed Metal Legislation
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Topic 2: Principles of Mixed Metals Marking
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Topic 3: Distinguishing the Metals
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Topic 4: Mixed Metal Benefits
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Topic 5: The Mixed Precious Metal Hallmark
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Topic 6: Mixed Precious & Base Metals
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Topic 7: Mixed Metal Item Exemption Weights
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Topic 8: Platings and Interlayers
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Topic 9: Bonded Gold and Gold Platings
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Topic 10: Consents for Working Parts
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Topic 11: Use of Solder
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Topic 12: Articles Exempt Due To Purpose
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Topic 13: Exempt precious metal materials
- Topic 1: Introduction to Mixed Metal Legislation
- Topic 2: Principles of Mixed Metals Marking
- Topic 3: Distinguishing the Metals
- Topic 4: Mixed Metal Benefits
- Topic 5: The Mixed Precious Metal Hallmark
- Topic 6: Mixed Precious & Base Metals
- Topic 7: Mixed Metal Item Exemption Weights
- Topic 8: Platings and Interlayers
- Topic 9: Bonded Gold and Gold Platings
- Topic 10: Consents for Working Parts
- Topic 11: Use of Solder
- Topic 12: Articles Exempt Due To Purpose
- Topic 13: Exempt precious metal materials
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Lesson 5 – Putting the Law into Practice
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Topic 1: What could you do?
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Topic 2: Examples of Trading Standards activities
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Topic 3: Fraudulent Goldsmith
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Topic 4: Repeated Warnings Ignored
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Topic 5: Counterfeit and Unsafe
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Topic 6: Legitimate store – non-compliant eBay site
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Topic 7: One single complaint..
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Topic 8: Blatant Misrepresentation
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Topic 9: Conspiracy and Fraud
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Topic 10: Touchstone Award
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Topic 11: Action Plan
- Topic 1: What could you do?
- Topic 2: Examples of Trading Standards activities
- Topic 3: Fraudulent Goldsmith
- Topic 4: Repeated Warnings Ignored
- Topic 5: Counterfeit and Unsafe
- Topic 6: Legitimate store – non-compliant eBay site
- Topic 7: One single complaint..
- Topic 8: Blatant Misrepresentation
- Topic 9: Conspiracy and Fraud
- Topic 10: Touchstone Award
- Topic 11: Action Plan