SKILL CATEGORIES.
Membership is drawn from the complete spectrum of the craft:

Chasers. Modellers.
Designers. Mounters.
Enamellers. Polishers/Finishers.
Engine Turners. Setters.
Engravers. Silversmiths.
Goldsmiths. Smallworkers.
Lapidaries.

FELLOWSHIP.
To achieve fellowship, the craftsman must have a minimum of four years training, followed by not less than ten years full time employment within the trade. They attend an interview and their work is examined to assess the standard.
Fellowship permits the right to use the distinctive letters FPIG and to use the IPG punch mark on their work, along with a certificate and entry on to the IPG website if desired,
www.ipgold.org.uk