Student Gold Pack - Packaging Technology
Welcome to the Packaging Technology section of the IPSA Student Gold Pack Competition and your IPSA One Year Diploma Assignment.

SELECT YOUR STUDY DISCIPLINE
To proceed, please make sure you have selected your appropriate discipline category. These are all available on the landing home page. To return there click on the Student Gold Pack logo or on THIS LINK
This section is intended ONLY for students enrolled in the Institute's One Year Packaging Technology course. 

WHY STUDENT GOLD PACK?
This competition was created to add a little 'extra' to the compulsory practical assingment, which is a part of the One Year Packaging Technology Course. In addition to earning your academic mark for the course, some of the assignments will be selected to be entered into the STUDENT Gold Pack competition and may win prizes. Your assignment will first be marked for academic criteria with the marks earned being counted towards your overall academic performance. Your assignment may then be selected as a competition entry in the STUDENT Gold Pack Competition, with a wider range of criteria being evaluated including innovation and uniqueness (see the topic "How to Win" in the "Tips, Links & Reference" tab) 

Those entries scoring high academic marks very often go on to win some of the prizes in the competition, but academic ranking does not necessarily equate to competition results.

USE THIS WEBSITE AS A RESOURCE CENTRE
Students are encouraged to read this website to understand what is required to improve their chances at being successful in this competition and to gain the most out of their participation. The Facebook and Instagram pages should prove useful for inspiration and insight into the projects.

Please read all the sections indicated on the right of this screen, prior to selecting your chosen project brief to fully understand is required fior your assignment and as an entry.

STUDENT GOLD PACK - NOT THE SAME AS THE 'GOLD PACK AWARDS'
The STUDENT Gold Pack programme is a separate awards programme from the main industry commercial Gold Pack Awards.
The Gold Pack Awards website is www.GoldPack.org.za

ENTRY IS FREE
There is no entry fee for the competition. The Institute of Packaging SA uses this programme to promote careers in packaging. The Institute is grateful for the support shown by our sponsors in the industry to make this programme a reality. All assignments are first marked academically and selected entries are forwarded to the national competition judges for selection of the comprtition winners