ESTIMATED SALARY
$35k to $80k
Based on US job data
ESTIMATED SALARY
€35k to €65k
Based on Irish job data
DURATION
2 Modules over 15 Weeks
Study Online 15 hrs/week
LEVEL
Beginner – Intermediate
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APPLY BY
Wednesday 7th Oct
Class Starts: 15th Oct
Take Back Control of Your Career
Do you feel you have plateaued at work? Has your job become has become routine and monotonous? Does it seem like you’ve learnt all can from your current sector? You’re not alone but this program can help you restart your career and join a validation or qualification team in a pharmaceutical company or engineering consultancy in 4 months.
Minimum Entry Requirements
You MUST have one of the following:
- You are a pipefitter / plumber / pipe welder (e.g. high purity pipe fitter and orbital welder) / site-foreman / instrument or boiler technicians (i.e. you can interpret technical drawings).
Or - You have 1 year or more of GMP manufacturing experience or you have a recognized GMP certificate or qualification.
Or - You have commissioning & qualification experience in ANY INDUSTRY e.g. Oil and Gas, Food Manufacturing, Mechanical or Electrical Construction, etc.
Or - You work in Quality Assurance or Quality Control in the pharma/medtech industry and are concerned about having to sign off on validation documents you don’t fully understand!
Or - You are a mechanical / chemical / process / petroleum / project / civil engineer or a lab/scientist and want to move into validation.
Or - You already work in validation but have no formal training on IQ OQ PQ validation protocols and want to learn more.
What Validation Roles Could I Retrain For?
STEP 1, you take this Starter Validation Course to retrain for the following roles;
- Validation Technician – you work directly for a pharmaceutical company on ongoing projects.
- Validation Team Member – you work with an engineering consultancy firm on capital projects.
(Note that actual job titles may vary – the distinction is more between who’d employ you and what type of projects you’d work on).
STEP 2, then take our Certificate in Validation program for Senior Validation Roles to get a level 7 university qualification from Technological University Dublin, Ireland and a more interesting job with a higher salary such as;
Some companies might call this role: CQV Engineer, Validation Specialist or C&Q Specialist
STEP 3, take our Computer System Validation Course and extend your role to CSV Projects. Round out your qualifications and give yourself a competitive edge in the marketplace.
By the end of this program, you”ll be able to:
What you’ll learn – There are 2 modules in this 15-week program
Module 1 – Manufacturing Safe Medicines (Weeks 1-5)
In this module, you’ll learn about the systems used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. You’ll learn about the rules and regulations such as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) that you need to follow. And you’ll learn enough technical information to get you talking to employers.
Module 2 – Commissioning and Qualification (IQ OQ PQ) of Equipment and Systems (Weeks 6-15)
This is the validation bit. In this module, you will develop your own 100-page Validation Protocol to commission and qualify a clean-in-place system. You will also learn to read P&IDs, Piping Isometrics & Electrical Loop Drawings used to Develop Validation protocols. And you’ll learn how to qualify equipment, instruments and piping systems, along with automation controls and building facilities.
Already Have Validation Experience?
If you already have some experience working in Validation and know how to populate an IQ OQ PQ validation protocol, check out our academically accredited Pharmaceutical Validation Training Course (Online) – For Senior Validation Roles.
So What Is Validation?
Validation creates a documented evidence trail (through rigorously checking and testing) to demonstrate that a system, procedure or process used in the production and testing of the pharmaceutical product:
- maintains compliance at all stages
- and leads to a consistent and reproducible result
Commission and Qualification is one part of a larger validation process for making sure that a facility – and the equipment in it – will function as required and be approved by the regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over that facility.
An IQ OQ PQ Validation Protocol is a written plan stating how validation will be conducted including test parameters, product characteristics, production equipment and decision points on what constitutes an acceptable result.
IQ OQ PQ or Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification and Performance Qualification are 3 independent and documented procedures used together (when executing a validation protocol) to check and test that a mechanical or software system is;
- installed correctly
- meets its design requirements and specifications
- operates the way in which it was designed under load
Need More Detailed Information?
What are IQ, OQ and PQ?
What is a Validation Protocol?
IQ, OQ PQ Templates
Watch this Video on a Validation Engineer’s Role!
For a great insight into validation roles from someone actually in the job, check out this video from the About Bioscience website, produced by the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR).
GetReskilled Success Stories
Regina McNamara
“I Can Study Around Work and Family Commitments”
Studying online is working well for me as I study around work and family commitments.
I would recommend this course to anyone that wants a new career in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing industry.
Mehmet Hascan
“Material was Delivered in an Engaging, Interesting and Supportive Way”
The administration staff and lecturers at Getreskilled are first class and the course material was delivered in an engaging, interesting and supportive way.
I have now been working at Johnson and Johnson Vision Care as Validation Engineer in Limerick and I look forward to put what I have learned into practice.
Sharon Egan
“Structurally Well Planned with the Opportunity for Practical Application”
I found it to be interesting, structurally well planned with the opportunity for practical application of the course modules through various assignments.
I have worked in the Medical Device/Pharmaceutical and Food industries and found the course to be extremely relevant to all industries.
What Does the Online Classroom Look Like?
We use one centralized platform where you can log into your classroom. There you will get your weekly program materials and assignments, ask questions, reply to messages, and more.
Start Your Application
Click below to learn how to develop test protocols for an equipment system and to read and interpret P&IDs.
Talk To Our Team
USA/World
Call Geraldine: +1 (617) 901 9268
Ireland
Call Sinead: +353 (0)21 2409016
GetReskilled Success Stories
Colin Lane
“Validation – A Career Move to Tell Your Friends About”
“I would say to anybody out there, if you’re thinking about doing this validation course, just go for it. Do it.
There’s a great opportunity within the course to learn. There’s a lot of detail about what goes on in the industry, on the floor, how things happen. Focus just as much on learning to actually educate yourself as much as passing exams. You actually have to embrace it and really get interested in the course material.
Charles O Neill
“With hard work and determination, you can achieve your goal”
“As a pipefitter/Plumber who worked within the pharmaceutical industry for the last 20yrs, this program gave me the tools I required for a career change and to upskill for a job in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Without this course, I don’t think I would have achieved this. I am happy to say that I have been successful in my employment search.
It is worth the challenge and with hard work and determination, you can achieve your goal.
It gave me a better understanding of pharmaceutical protocols and how the pharmaceutical industry works as a whole.”
Delivered by an Industry Expert
Dr. Joe Brady
Full-Time Validation Lead
Lecturer, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Senior Associate, GetReskilled
Dr. Joe Brady is 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 institution.
He is also a supervisor for MSc/MEngSc and PhD 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.
Your 10 or 15 Week Class Schedule
NOTE: If you worked in a GMP Regulated Pharmaceutical or Medical Device manufacturing environment, you are exempt from the first 5 weeks (Module 1) of the program and get a price reduction.