The PIABC Level 3 Certificate in Packaging (QN: 610/0741/9) is a nationally recognised qualification that has been designed to provide learners embarking on a packaging career, or those that interface with some aspect of packaing handling or management with a solid foundation in the many aspects of the packaging industry.

This qualification is appropriate for those wanting to enhance their employment and progression opportunities in the packaging and related industries, and learners may be those who are:

• Key personnel who handle and use packaging e.g. line operators, supervisors, maintenance engineers.
• Personnel who liaise with specifiers, users and handlers of packaging e.g. quality control and assurance personnel, designers, marketing personnel, sales executives.
• Personnel who liaise with packaging suppliers, other than those with direct responsibility for specifications, e.g. buyers, production planners, warehousing and distribution personnel.
• New recruits to the manufacturing and packaging industries, who need an introduction to the broad subject of packaging.
• Those looking for a broad qualification in packaging as a basis for career development.

Candidates will normally be expected to have a minimum of five GCSEs at grade A-C (or equivalent) plus the key skills of numeracy, communication and information technology.  Alternatively, substantial relevant industrial experience may also be the basis for successful study.  

The qualification is comprised of six units:

1. Role and functions of packaging roles
2. Packaging development process
3. Packaging sustainability
4. Packaging materials and formats
5. Printing and decoration processes
6. Packing line operations

This qualification is assessed by one two-hour, closed-book examination and one written assignment with a suggested word count of 3,000 words.

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