NVC Introduction Course on Packaging (Group lessons with company study visits)

The course

The NVC Introduction Course on Packaging (ICP) provides you with a clear picture of the production of packaging materials and packaging products. You have insight in the most commonly used packaging materials, production processes, printing techniques and rules and regulations. With this knowledge you can communicate with suppliers, clients and colleagues more effectively.
 
The course consists of a sophisticated compact combination of group lessons and company visits. The participants obtain objective and up-to-date factual knowledge in combination with the experience and insight that go hand in hand with actually watching key production processes in the packaging field. 
Company study visits to production sites of packaging materials, where you actually experience the packaging production processes in practice, are part of the curriculum. 
 
The training language is English in order to maximise the effectiveness of functioning in the business organisation and because a substantial amount of packaging terminology and literature is in English. This means that both teaching materials, assignments are in English. Lessons are taught in easily accessible English.
 
More information?

Do you have questions and/or would you like to receive more information, please contact us. We can also go through the list of references. We can be reached via education@nvc.nl or +31-(0)182-512411.

For whom?

The course is intended for employees who wish to supplement their existing competencies with the basic knowledge of packaging and packaging materials in a short period of time.
After completing the course, they know the essence of what is going on in the broad field of packaging and have created a basis for following and understanding the future developments.
 

Programme

Day 1:

  • Definition of packaging
  • Vulnerabilities and functionalities
  • Supply chain insights
  • Market players
  • Packaging rules and regulations, food safety
  • Printing techniques
  • Overview of the most commonly used packaging materials

Day 2:

  • Characteristics of paper and board
  • External influences; moisture, light, time
  • Production and application of paper and board packaging
  • Production process of corrugated board, including company visit
  • Metal packaging and closures
  • Production and application of metal packaging
  • Production process of metal packaging, including company visit

Day 3:

  • Glass packaging; raw materials and melting process
  • Production and application of glass packaging
  • Production process of glass packaging, including company visit
  • Wooden crates, (F)IBC’s and pallets
  • Production process of pallets, including company visit

Day 4:

  • Basic structure of plastics, rigid and flexible plastic materials
  • Production and application of plastic packaging
  • Production process of flexible plastic packaging, including company visit
  • Case studies: How do you package a product? Which application does the packaging material have?

Planning

The course lasts 4 days taken place at the NVC in Gouda and on location in the Netherlands.
Time table from 09.30 to 16.00 hours.

01 Apr 2025

NVC Introduction Course on Packaging (Group lessons with company study visits)

Lessons on: 1, 8, 15, 23 April 2025 from 9:30 AM to 04:00 PM CE(S)T (Paris Time Scale)  
Costs NVC members: € 2.150,00 Costs non-members: € 2.760,00
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Admission advice

No specific prior training in packaging is required to participate in this course. However, EQF-4 level of thinking and working is desirable. 
As the training language is business English, the participant is expected to have at least a basic level of the English language. If you have any doubts about your language skills, please feel free to contact us.
 

Assignment and certificate

A final assignment is part of the ICP curriculum. The 1st edition must be submitted prior to the start of the course, the improved edition must be submitted two weeks after the last lesson.
If this assignment is assessed as sufficient, the student receives the certificate NVC Introduction Course on Packaging.

Tutors

The ICP teachers are bilingual (Dutch and English), the teaching material is in English and the lessons are basically given in easily accessible English.

 

Costs

NVC members pay €2.150,00. Non-members pay €2.760,00. For more information about the NVC membership, please click here.

Fees include coffee/tea, lunch and course materials, excluding VAT, travel and accommodation expenses.

More information?

Do you have questions and/or would you like to receive more information, please contact us. We can also go through the list of references. We can be reached via education@nvc.nl or +31-(0)182-512411.