2-year training: CAP Soufflage (scientific glassmaking)
From training to applied research, Cerfav is the best guarantee for the workshops and for the apprentices themselves. Cerfav is the only French training centre entirely dedicated to glassmaking techniques, which is Cerfav’s added value. What’s more, unlike a course given in a general school or CFA, the apprentices at Cerfav are at the heart of the glass industry.
Training objectives
-Master the technical gestures.
-Understand the rules of the art and the basics of glass technology.
-Discover the main historical and contemporary artistic trends.
-Learn to work as part of a team
Targeted activities :
Under the supervision and responsibility of a qualified technician, the holder of the CAP glassblower ‘Scientific Glassmaking’ option must be capable of carrying out, alone or as part of a small team, various tasks involving the transformation of glass tubes using a blowtorch in the following fields:
– Photovoltaic and semiconductor industry
– Chemistry
– physics
– Biology
– Electronics
– Electrical engineering
– Medical