Great, you’ve taken the first step to a new career in pharma!

If you’ve never worked in Pharma manufacturing before, you’re in the right place!

If you have experience working in pharma, click on the blue chat bubble at the bottom of the screen to chat to us and we’ll help you find the ideal course for you

Main Course Features of the Conversion Course into Pharma

  • This a 10-week part-time programme delivered entirely online. 10-day fast track option available

  • Your materials are available 24/7 and there are no fixed class times so you can study where and when you want

  • You’ll study a mix of technical content (6 weeks) and specialist job hunting content (4 weeks) to provide you the quickest route to an entry-level job in pharma manufacturing

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The world’s biggest pharma and medical device companies hire graduates from this programme

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Great, you’ve taken the first step to a new career in pharma!

If you’ve never worked in Pharma manufacturing before, you’re in the right place!

If you have experience working in pharma, click on the blue chat bubble at the bottom of the screen to chat to us and we’ll help you find the ideal course for you

Conversion Course into Pharma

The world’s biggest pharma and medical device manufacturing companies hire our graduates after this programme

Pfizer Logo

AstraZenega Logo

Novartis Logo

Lilly Logo

Roche Logo

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Main Course Features of the Conversion Course into Pharma

  • This a 10-week part-time programme delivered entirely online. 10-day fast track option available

  • Your materials are available 24/7 and there are no fixed class times so you can study where and when you want

  • You’ll study a mix of technical content (6 weeks) and specialist job hunting content (4 weeks) to provide you the quickest route to an entry-level job in pharma manufacturing

Whatever Your Current Schedule – this CAN work for you

We only work with adult learners. It’s all we do so we’re really good at it…

  • You can study when and where you want – the course is delivered entirely online and there are no fixed class times, your materials are available 24/7
  • You’ll get a designated course coordinator to help keep you motivated and answer any questions you might have
  • You’ll write a personalised study plan that takes account of any holidays or upcoming commitments, so you don’t have to worry about falling behind

This 2-module program will teach you exactly what you need to get your first job

Module 1 – Manufacturing Safe Medicines and Medical Devices  (GMP) (Weeks 1 – 6)

After you complete this module:

  • You’ll be able to talk to employers with confidence about the rules and regulations that you need to follow to manufacture safe medicines and medical devices for patients.
  • You’ll learn what you need to know to work in pharma and medical device companies.
  • You will be able to write clear, concise reports in the style expected in this industry.

Module 2 – Advanced Job Hunting For the Pharma Industry (Weeks 7-10)

After you complete this module:

  • You’ll know what Pharma/Medical Device companies are near you and what jobs they have.
  • You’ll understand which jobs suit you best and where to find them.
  • You’ll be able to follow a step-by-step process to find, apply and successfully interview for your first job in this industry.

Pricing & Delivery Options

Fast Track

Duration: 10 days, full-time

Cost: €3999

Best for: People with full-time availability for 10 days, choose your own start date.

Standard Track

Duration: 10 weeks, approximately 8-14 hours per week

Cost: € 2399 (Monthly payment option available: 4 payments of €599)

Best for: People with limited availability who are happy to be held accountable for studying to a timetable they agree with at the start of the programme.

Subscription Track

Duration: Ongoing

Cost: €449 per month until you finish the course.

Best for: People with limited or changing availability and want significant flexibility in how their course is delivered.

The Jobs You’ll be Eligible For

1) Process Operator– Works in a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. See more information about this job role here – https://www.getreskilled.com/process-operator/

2) Manufacturing Operator – Works in a medical device manufacturing plant. See more information about this job role here – https://www.getreskilled.com/production-operator/

3) Packaging Operator – Works in both pharmaceutical and medical device plants. See more information about this job role here –  https://www.getreskilled.com/what-is-a-packaging-operator/

Jobs like these are well-paid (especially if combined with a shift allowance) while bringing job security and a range of other benefits.

When you study this course you are ready to start applying for jobs at the end of the technical module in week 6.

You can head over to LinkedIn and find almost 800 previous students. Feel free to ask them questions or check out the types of jobs they have now. Click this link to go to LinkedIn

Application Process

The application process is an extremely easy 5 step process:

  1. Complete the Facebook form – you’ve already filled out the Facebook form.
  2. Visit the GetReskilled website – you’re here right now!
  3. Complete the registration form & pay – once you choose the Track you want, click on the button below it to fill out the registration form and make your payment (this is a very simple process that should take no longer than 6 minutes).
  4. Receive email from Course Coordinator – your Course Coordinator will email you with all the essential details for getting started with your course (including your username and password).
  5. Begin your course!
We’ll be right there with you every step of the way. If you have any questions, please get in touch!

Hear from people who’ve found a job in pharma after taking this program

Pharma Job Success Stories at GetReskilled

Bharvi Soni

Previous Background:
Event Management

“I found the course interesting, challenging, rewarding and valuable”

“The course material was very relevant and the course coordinator was flexible and always approachable for any queries. I found the course interesting, challenging, rewarding, and valuable. After attending it, I managed to find a job in the pharmaceutical/medical device industry straight away. I am starting to apply the skills that I learnt from the course which will be a great contributor to my career. I already have, and will, recommend this course to others.”

Pharma Job Success Stories at GetReskilled

Sean McLaughlin

Previous Background:
Operator (Pepsi)

“I have a new confidence going into the future”

“I really enjoyed the course, it gave me great confidence and taught me new skills, and most importantly, I am now working in a manufacturing facility. This is an excellent course not just for the insight into the biopharmaceutical industry, but it also gives you a great idea of who you are, and updating your CV and getting involved with social media, betters your chance of finding employment. This programme was hard at times but the help was there whenever it was required.”

Pharma Job Success Stories at GetReskilled

Fergal O’Doherty

“This is an excellent course”

“The course gave me an understanding of key pharmaceutical concepts, document traceability and the science behind pharmaceutical products

This is an excellent course for those wishing to work in the pharmaceutical sector.

The online course was very enjoyable and has helped me on a day-to-day basis in my career”

Jessa Reid

Agnes Hove

Delivered by a practicing industry expert

Dr. Joe Brady

Full-Time Validation Lead
Lecturer, Technological University Dublin
Senior Associate, GetReskilled

Dr. Joe Brady is a full-time practicing Validation Lead and an assistant lecturer with Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin), in the School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Joe is a certified trainer and highly experienced in competency-based training. He designs and prepares educational modules and full academic programs ranging from MSc, MEngSc. BSc, to Certificate level, for a range of academic institutions.

He is also a supervisor for MSc/MEngSc and Ph.D. theses. Joe has over twenty years of project experience in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device industries in Ireland, Singapore, China, The Netherlands, France and the USA.

Frequently Asked Questions

This is entirely dependent on how much time you have available to study and how consistent/reliable that time is.

Standard Track

The Standard Track is the one that most students follow. It’s best for people with limited availability who are happy to be held accountable for studying to a timetable they agree with at the start of the programme.

On this track you tell your Course Coordinator about any upcoming holidays or responsibilities that will reduce your ability to study in certain weeks and agree to those as breaks in your course delivery.

Once you start studying on this track, your Course Coordinator will check on your progress each week. They’ll recognise your progress and release the next week of work if you’re up-to-date. If you’ve fallen behind, they’ll be looking to address any barriers to your study schedule and get you back on track as soon as possible.

You can also speed up the rate of delivery if you wish. The most important thing is communication between you and your course coordinator.

In this track, you’ll have the option to pay the course fees in full at the start of the programme or to pay 4 equal monthly payments.

Fast Track

The Fast Track is best for people who have full-time availability for 10 days. It doesn’t matter what your typical schedule looks like, if you have 10 consecutive working days (Monday – Friday) you can take the Fast Track.

You can choose your own start date from the day following your course fee payment, up to 3 months in advance.

You’ll be expected to study at the pace of one session per day.

With this track, you’ll be given priority access to your Course Coordinator. This means that they’ll prioritise checking for your submissions and releasing new materials (if previous submissions are up-to-date) at the start of every day.

Fast Track assignments are also given priority in correction. All Fast Track assignments are corrected within 1 week of submission (the standard correction of assignments takes up to 3 months). This means you’ll get your certificate significantly faster.

This is an intensive programme but one that realistically prepares you for an entry-level job in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industry as quickly as possible.

Subscription Track

The monthly Subscription Track is best for people with limited or changing availability who want significant flexibility in their course delivery.

In this track, you’ll pay each month until your course is completed.

You’ll have as much time as you need to complete each session. As soon as it’s complete, email your coursework to your Course Coordinator and they’ll open up the next session for you within 24 hours.

Yes, this course is for anybody who wants to take the first step to a career in the pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing industry.

Typical backgrounds of our past students include:

  • Homemakers
  • Self Employed
  • Restaurant Sector – Chef, Cook, Restaurant Manager
  • Healthcare – Nurse, Healthcare Assistant, etc
  • Manufacturing – Production Operator, Toolmaker, Fitter/Turner
  • Meat Processing – Operator, Butcher
  • Construction – Electrician, Plumber/Pipe-fitter, Carpenter/Joiner, Foreman, General Operative
  • Warehouse – All warehouse workers
  • Sales/Business – Retail Sales, Pharma Sales, Business, Accountants, Finance, etc
  • Other – Farmers, Designers, Architects, Airline Staff, Beauty/Hair Salon etc

You’ll be retraining for starter-level roles such as:

Process Operator – Generally works in a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. Some companies call this role:

  • BioProcess Operator
  • Chemical Process Technician
  • BioProcess Technician
  • Process Technician

>Manufacturing Operator – Generally works in a medical device manufacturing plant. Some companies call this role:

  • Production Operator
  • Production Operative
  • Manufacturing Team Member
  • Product Assembler
  • Manufacturing Technician

Packaging Operators – Works in both pharmaceutical and medical device plants. Some companies call this role:

  • Packaging Technician

The main goal of this programme is to retrain you to find an entry-level or starter job within the pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing industry.

The programme is broken into two modules:

Module 1 – Manufacturing Safe Medicines (Weeks 1-6)

You’ll learn about the systems used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. You’ll learn about the rules and regulations that need to be followed. And you’ll learn enough technical information to get you talking to employers.

Module 2 – Advanced Career Coaching (Weeks 7-10)

This is the career bit. In this module, you’ll navigate your way, step by step, through the job hunting process. This specially-designed module is industry-specific. By the end of it, you’ll know which jobs you’d be perfect for, where to find them, and how to make applications to give yourself the best chance at success.

You can view the full course syllabus here

https://www.getreskilled.com/manufacturing-safe-medicines/#Syllabus

The programme is delivered entirely online. You will get your weekly programme materials and assignments in your online classroom. You will have access to the materials for at least 6 months after you have finished the programme. The notes are in a pdf and the questions are given in a ‘Word’ doc so you can save them on your computer. The video is the only part that you cannot save.

Each module has 10 “sessions” of online content. 

In the Standard Track, you’ll study a session a week. In the Fast Track, you’ll study a session a day.

Each session of online content typically includes 6-10 topics.

Each topic includes:

  • Warm-up self-assessment question – to recap or activate any relevant prior learning
  • A video – these are typically 5-10 minutes long and deliver 80% of the course content
  • Set of course notes – these provide additional depth to the video content.
  • Post video self-assessment questions – to check how well you can recall this new material from memory. If you can’t answer these questions, you should revisit that topic’s learning materials. These questions are not marked by the course leader but you should really view them as sample interview questions, these are the sort of questions you’ll need to confidently answer to get a job in the industry.

No, you don’t. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day so you do not have to login at any particular time. We will give you a Username and Password on the day the programme starts which allows you round the clock access.

We only release one session of material at a time. We then regularly check your activity logs to make sure that you’re managing to keep up with the work. This helps us to spot and help to solve any potential issues early. 

Yes, you can take it from anywhere you have a decent Internet connection.
No, but you are taken through the job hunting process step by step as part of the programme. What we can guarantee is that once you find a job, salaries in the Pharma/MedTech sector are 25% above average.
Yes, this course is relevant to both the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

Yes, this programme is a stepping-stone to our follow-on NFQ Level 7 university accredited “Certificate in eBioPharmaChem”.