IOM3 professional accreditation scheme for UK and beyond

8 September 2012


A new Standard for Packaging Professional Competence (SPPC) to be launched by The Packaging Society at the PPMA Show, 25-27 September, will provide “accreditation and recognition of packaging professionals in the UK and beyond” for the first time.

The Packaging Society, a division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), says SPPC will meet needs across the packaging supply chain to promote packaging as a profession and enhance the status of those working in the “vital and complex” sector.

The Standard will form the basis for a Packaging Professional (PkgProf) designation, which will exist alongside the Institute’s Professional Membership, in a similar way to that of Chartered Engineer, Scientist or Environmentalist.

The SPPC is modelled on the internationally recognised UK Engineering Council’s Standard for Professional Engineering Competence. For those who are not currently IOM3 members, the full accreditation process will apply. The SPPC scheme will be managed by the Packaging Board of IOM3 with strategic oversight from a Packaging Accreditation Council (PAC), comprised of senior figures from different parts of the industry.

Although UK based, IOM3 is seeking to create an international network of packaging professionals by freely offering this designation format to packaging associations in other countries which can use suitable, locally available qualifications and membership associations – especially where these are members of the World Packaging Organisation.




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