Tips for Entry
Join one of the college student chapters of the Institute of Packaging Profesionals (IoPP). To find a chapter near you, visit https://www.iopp.org.
Get certified by the IoPP. For more details, go to https://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5013.
Online education is available for packaging professionals. Go to https://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5014 to learn what classes are available.
Ask your school's career services office to help locate a packaging machinery technician who would be interested in talking about their job.
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