The Institute's objectives are as follows :
- To establish and maintain the highest standards of craftsmanship.
- To lay down distinctive classifications of members defining
professional attainments and to confer on members the right to use
distinctive letters (FIPG).
- To promote standards of professional conduct by members.
- To promote the interests of members generally.
- To encourage or promote training for the craft of professional
goldsmiths and to hold examinations for the attainment of relevant
standards.
- To publish and/or distribute literature related to the trade of
professional goldsmith.
- To establish branches or sections of the Institute for geographic or
other reason.
- To engage in any other activities consistent with these Objects.
The IPG Structure is headed by a General Committee, drawn from each
craft, and provides a mechanism for all members to voice views and influence
policy development. It is an autonomous body, self financing and free from
all external controls.
Membership is drawn from the complete spectrum of the craft: Casters,
Chasers, Designers, Enamellers, Engine, Turners, Engravers, Goldsmiths,
Lapidaries, Modellers, Mounters, Polishers, Setters, Silversmiths and
Smallworkers.
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