SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Postal Customer Council and Mail Systems Management Association (MSMA) San Diego will co-host a one-day Professional Mail Certificate Conference. This conference combines the information needed to understand how to design and prepare mail in the most cost effective way while including a thorough review of mail types and classes along with extra services. The conference is designed to shorten the training cycle for those wishing to earn Mailpiece Design Professional (MDP) and/or Mailpiece Design Consultant (MDC) certifications. It also explores the latest rule changes as well as basic and advanced requirements.

Conference attendees will be able to earn the MDP Certification from the United States Postal Service and/or the MDC Certification from the MSMA by participating at the one-day seminar beginning at 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. (the session will end at 4:30 p.m. for those taking one or more tests) on Oct. 14, 2011, at the Margaret L. Sellers Processing and Distribution Center, 11251 Rancho Carmel Drive, San Diego.

Cost for the conference is $30.00 and includes a continental breakfast, lunch and all study materials needed to take both the MDP and MDC tests. When registering for the conference, attendees can also pre-register for one or both exams. The additional costs to take the individual tests are: MDP - $75.00, MDC - $35.00.

For more information and to registration for this one-day conference, please visit www.sdpcc.org.

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