UK Hallmarking for Trading Standards includes five lessons:

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

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

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

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

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

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.