IBDA-
Intaglio Engraver Training Programme
Why Create a Training
Programme?
The Intaglio Engraver Training
Programme has been developed in response
to demands from the international engraver
community, central banks and banknote printers.
The programme has been developed in a modular
fashion to enable engravers at any level
enter the programme and perfect their skills
according to a suitable plan. Students will
be supported, monitored and followed at
every step by a team of 5 internationally
renowned Master Intaglio Engravers and at
the end of the training programme the intaglio
engraver will be awarded an industry recognised
IBDA qualification according to the results
achieved.
What Are Our Objectives?
The IBDA Intaglio Engravers
Training Programme aims to achieve the following
objectives:
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Preserve
and protect the current base of hand
engraving skills, knowledge and techniques
for future generations. |
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Ensure
that all intaglio engravers understand
and are competent in the fundamentals
of intaglio artwork preparation, sketching,
hand engraving and the intaglio printing
process before adopting the newer digital
techniques. |
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Give
engravers the necessary basis to enable
them to fully exploit new engraving
technology and push this technology
to the limit. |
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Enable
new engravers to learn and develop a
comprehensive set of engraving skills
in a structured and controlled environment.
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Enable
existing engravers to improve and perfect
their engraving techniques and capacity
to manage an intaglio design project
from beginning to end. |
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Enable existing master engravers pass
their knowledge and skills onto the
new generation of engravers |
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Train
the masters and teachers of the future.
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Foster
and support intaglio design creativity,
individuality, personality and style. |
What Does The Training
Programme Cover?
The Intaglio Engraver
Training programme has been built on a modular
architecture to enable engravers possessing
different skill levels (or none at all)
to learn and develop at a pace that is suitable
to them and is complimentary to their existing
workload at the central bank of banknote
printing works.
The programme is based on a 1-6 year syllabus
consisting of progressive modules leading
to certification after the completion of
each step. A specific training plan has
been developed for each training course
containing the following elements:
Foundation Certificate:
1 year programme
leading to an IBDA Diploma in Intaglio
Engraving Techniques |
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Provide student/s with a general introduction
to the banknote industry and intaglio |
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Provide
history and background to engraving |
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Teach
advanced techniques in hand drawing,
artwork preparation, hand and digital
engraving for intaglio |
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Provide
students with an advanced level of
information and training on hand and
digital engraving techniques and technology |
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Create
awareness of the artistry and human
element necessary to generate hand
engravings |
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Create
awareness of the opportunities presented
by new engraving tools |
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Allow
students experiment/generate intaglio
designs & proof them |
Intermediate Diploma:
1 year programme
leading to an IBDA Diploma in Intaglio Engraving
Techniques
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Provide
students with an advanced level of
information and training on hand and
digital engraving techniques and technology |
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Create
awareness of the importance of integration
of intaglio designs |
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Create
awareness of the full range of possibilities
available to designers with intaglio
printing |
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Allow
students practice and perfect their
engraving skills by working on actual
projects |
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Allow
students develop new ideas, features
and effects |
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Allow
students work within printing works
to learn and demonstrate skills |
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Allow
students build personal relationships
within the industry |
Advanced Degree:
2 years project supervision
and review by Intaglio Master Engravers
leading to an IBDA Degree in Intaglio Engraving
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Allow
students practice and perfect their
engraving skills by working on actual
projects |
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Allow
students work within a printing works
to learn and demonstrate engraving
skills |
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Allow
students build personal relationships
within the industry |
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Allow
sponsor/employer derive a return from
investment in training |
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Allow
Master Engraver/s guide and review
student progress to satisfaction |
Masters Degree:
2 years supervision
and review by Intaglio Master Engravers
leading to an IBDA Masters Degree in Intaglio
Engraving
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Allow
students to excel and develop advanced/experimental
artistic designs |
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Allow
students travel and spend time to
develop individual character and style |
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Allow
students manage complete projects
from concept to final realisation |
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Allow
students learn from other master engravers
working on complex / challenging projects |
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Allow
students develop teaching skills |
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Allow
sponsor/employer derive a return from
investment in training |
Full IBDA Certification:
At the end of each
set of training modules the student will
receive industry recognised and endorsed
IBDA certification culminating in a Masters
Degree in Intaglio Engraving that will
enable them to manage a complete intaglio
project from A-Z and to teach other new
engravers. The academic awards available
to intaglio engravers will be presented
upon successful completion of each training
course as assessed by the Teaching Master
Engravers.
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