Membership
Six ways to stand inside the Guild.
Dues are modest because the Guild's job is narrow: examine, register, and give the trade a say. Terms run a year from your approval; the Founding Fellowship is locked for life.
Founding Fellow
The first hundred. Invitation only; dues locked for life.
- Voting member
- Public register entry + member card
- Member pricing on exams and events
- Council approval
Certified Professional
For holders of an active GJPA credential who want the designation and the public register.
The premium over Professional buys the designated title on the public register and the right to use it — it lists your active credential beside your name.
- Voting member
- Public register entry + member card
- Member pricing on exams and events
- Council approval
Professional
For working trade professionals — bench, gemmology, valuation, retail management.
- Voting member
- Public register entry + member card
- Member pricing on exams and events
- Council approval
Associate
For people adjacent to the trade: students of the craft, suppliers, writers, career-switchers.
- Non-voting
- Public register entry + member card
- Member pricing on exams and events
- Officer approval
Student
Enrolled full-time in any jewellery or design programme.
- Non-voting
- Public register entry + member card
- Member pricing on exams and events
- Officer approval
Trade / Corporate
For firms. Five staff seats, directory presence, exam-seat console, inspector evidence pack.
- Voting member · 5 staff seats
- Public register entry + member card
- Directory listing + inspector evidence pack
- Council approval
What every member gets
- The card
A numbered membership card with a QR that opens your register entry. Proof in your pocket. - The register
Your credentials, publicly verifiable. Lapsed is marked lapsed; nothing disappears. - The vote
Voting classes shape the standards their people are examined against. - The room
Events, briefings, and the AGM floor — where the trade talks to itself.
The fine print, plainly
Applications are reviewed by the council — for the founding cohort, the council itself proposes and seconds. Approval opens a 14-day invoice; PayNow or bank transfer settles it; your term starts the day payment clears. Lapsed under three months is a renewal; under twelve, a rejoin at S$50; beyond that, a fresh application. The Founding Fellowship pays dues once, forever.
The Guild examines; it never teaches. Training stays with the schools and MinLaw's free materials — the Guild only stands behind what you can prove.