We're excited to offer in-person training sessions of our popular Packaging Dynamics Professional (ISTA PDP) Certification and Cold Chain courses prior to the ISTA Forum on Monday, March 24! Whether you're an experienced packaging professional looking to broaden your expertise or a newcomer seeking to gain essential knowledge, these training courses, led by industry experts, are great options to meet your specific needs.
Get a head start on your education and add a pre-forum training course to your ISTA Forum schedule:
ISTA Packaging Dynamics Professional Certification (ISTA PDP)
CC 201 | Introduction to BioPharma Cold Chain
CC 301 | User Requirement Specification (URS) to Operational Qualification (OQ)
Already ISTA PDP Certified? Courses PDP 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 qualify for 75 points towards ISTA PDP recertification.
Monday, March 24 | 8:00am – 5:30pm | Additional Fee
Registration Available Soon!This in-person event covers all six (6) courses required to obtain your ISTA Packaging Dynamics Professional (PDP) Certification. Once you complete these courses and pass the exam, you will receive your certification as an ISTA Packaging Dynamics Professional.
PDP 101: Principles of Distribution Packaging is an introduction to various topics that affect distribution package design. Topics include understanding the various levels of packaging, corrugated fundamentals, sustainability, and the implications of packaging decisions. The hazards of supply chains, transportation modes, and different commerce channels will also be discussed.
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PDP 101 is followed by 5 additional 200-level courses:
PDP 201 through 205 build on what is learned in PDP 101 to examine the hazards packages experience in our global distribution environment. The morning session will focus on packaging design, optimization and testing challenges associated with atmospheric, compression, shock, drop & vibration hazards in transit. The afternoon session will examine the importance & process of using test procedures in the lab to simulate shipping hazards in the environment. PDP coursework will emphasize techniques to get accurate & reliable data using test instrumentation. Finally, trainees will learn about the latest technology in test planning & reporting.
In order to receive ISTA’s Packaging Dynamics Professional (PDP) Certification, trainees must participate in all six (6) PDP trainings as well as take and pass the exams for all six (6) of these courses.
ISTA PDP Certification online exams:
Take the ISTA PDP Certification exams offered via the online learning system on ISTA’s website. Attendees will have access to the full ISTA PDP online course video presentation & documentation content in preparation for & reference during their exam. The exam for each course can be found at the end of the content for each of the six (6) PDP courses (this is the ISTA-preferred method for taking the ISTA PDP Certification exams).
Instructor: Larry Dull, ISTA Instructor
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Already ISTA PDP Certified? This course qualifies for 15 points towards ISTA PDP recertification.
Monday, March 24 | 8:00am – 1:00pm | Additional Fee
Registration Available Soon!The Who, What, Why, Where of Cold Chain
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Already ISTA PDP Certified? This course qualifies for 15 points towards ISTA PDP recertification.
Monday, March 24 | 1:00pm – 5:00pm | Additional Fee
Registration Available Soon!The How of Cold Chain – Taking the fundamentals of the first class and putting it into practice
Instructor: Carolyn Williamson, ISTA Pharma Committee Officer
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