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38 PalletCentral • May-June 2021 palletcentral.com T he National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) has partnered with AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, to connect the Pallet Design System™ (PDS) training, AICC's packaging education program and the Packaging School's online learning management system. AICC has extensive experience and has received rave reviews for its online training program. AICC delivers a library of more than 90 online classes to AICC members in English and Spanish and is developing more every month. AICC's curriculum ranges from the basics of various packaging media to safety to advanced content in customer service, as well as everything that corrugated, folding carton and rigid box plant operations need. The courses are created and vetted by industry experts. Each course offers online learning followed by testing based upon the Packaging School's guidelines. As part of the partnership, the Packaging School will include the PDS curriculum on unit load for boxes in AICC's course offerings. Though much of the Packaging School's curriculum may be accessed from anywhere in the world – online, on-demand – the PDS Team will continue to host several live learning experiences throughout the year. The NWPCA partnership with AICC has been evolving over the past several years. Spawned partially by the pandemic, NWPCA's offering of PDS training throughout 2020 pushed the need to advance PDS remote training offerings and release its first virtual learning experience. As part of the partnership, NWPCA and the Packaging School developed a portal for members to access, on-demand, the complete course bundle that focuses on corrugated boxes and pallet design. An initial catalog of four courses, in English and Spanish, covers unit load design and corrugated boxes. NWPCA's staff will be developing and releasing new courses on PDS and related topics as the year progresses. Access to these courses is free for NWPCA members. Access to PDS training and packaging courses is available through the NWPCA-AICC portal at www.palletcentral.com/packaging-school. NWPCA PARTNERS WITH AICC