DURATION
2 Modules over 15 Weeks
Study Online 10 hrs/week
LEVEL
No Industry Experience Required
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Wednesday 15th January
Class Starts: 23rd January
You can make this change even if you have no science or engineering qualifications
Join over 1100 other people who have used this course to start a pharma career, including:
- Homemakers
- Unemployed
- Restaurant Sector – Chef, Cook, Restaurant Manager
- Healthcare – Nurse, Healthcare Assistant, Caregiver, Radiation Therapist etc
- Pharmacists
- Manufacturing – Production Operator, Toolmaker, Fitter/Turner
- Food Processing – Operator, Butcher
- Military – Army, Navy, Air Force, etc
- 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 Saloon etc
Or if your CURRENT or PREVIOUS job is from one of these areas:
- Food Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Quality
- Maintenance
Take this “Conversion Course into Pharma” to perform the SAME OR SIMILAR job within the pharma industry.
What Starter Level Roles I Could Retrain For?
STEP 1, you take this conversion course to retrain for starter level roles such as:
- Process Technician Some companies call this role: Chemical Process Technician, BioProcess Technician
- Manufacturing Technician, Some companies call this role: Production Technician Manufacturing Operator, Production Operator
- Packaging Operators, Some companies call this role: Packaging Technician
STEP 2, you then take our Certificate in eBioPharmachem program to get an academic qualification from Technological University Dublin, Ireland and get better jobs with a higher salary. Typical roles;
Common Questions About the BioPharma/MedTech Industry
Is a Career in Pharma Right For Me?
Take this 30 second quiz to find out if you are a good fit!
What is Pharmaceutical Manufacturing?
Check out this video from AstraZeneca for an overview of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.
What Does the Online Classroom Look Like?
We use one centralized platform where you can log into your classroom. There you can get assignments, interact with faculty and peers, reply to message boards, and more.
Meet Your Online Classroom Support Team
When you learn at GetReskilled, you can always rely on an in-house team of experts to provide guidance and support, whenever you need it.
Lecturers
Learn the systems, protocols, tools, vocabulary, and best practices from our Lecturer’s who have had decades of on the job experience.
Course Leaders
Your Course Leaders will onboard you on the program, and help keep you motivated throughout the course.
Course Coordinators
Your CC’s are here to provide you with answers, tips, and are going to check your progress weekly to keep you on track and will reach out to you by email or even by phone if you fall behind!
Hear From People Who’ve Taken This Course
John Ryan
“The course content material is concise and interesting”
“The professionalism and passion of the lecturers comes across in the tutorials which gives the student confidence and encouragement to keep on top of the course. The course content material is concise and interesting. The timing of the release of the lessons is perfect, the student moves at a comfortable pace, one step at a time.”
Ronan Balfe
“I would have no hesitation in recommending these courses”
“Studying online gives you the time to do the course in your own time yet with assignment deadlines this made you disciplined to meet the deadlines set. I would have no hesitation in recommending these courses to anyone wishing to gain an education in the pharmaceutical sector.”
Edel Harkins
“Highly recommended to anyone who has been out of the industry for a period of time”
“I would highly recommend anyone in my situation who has been out of the industry for a period of time to do these courses. They have contributed to my new found confidence in my existing and new qualifications, my improved interview skills and my new job!”
Noel O’Brien
“The quality of the course content was excellent and very substantial and covered all aspects associated within the Pharmaceutical, Bio-Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries. Information that I feel could and would be very much a requirement for the type of work I would be seeking, within such companies.”
Anne Reilly
“Very important to do a course if you have been absent from workplace for a relatively long period. It just gives you the confidence to do interviews etc.”
Louise McManus
“Excellent course, well set out.”
Andy Wnuk, MSc (Eng) MIEI
“Along with the technical training in I would rate the course 10 out 10 and would highly recommend to others, very interesting, informative and very well presented. Relevant totally to my needs and expectations.”
David O’Shea, March 2012
“I found this course very beneficial and I am delighted that, even at early stages in the course, it has already provided me with the opportunity to secure a position within the pharmaceutical industry.”
Denis Hegarty, May 2012
“I found the course was run very professionally, The course notes and videos supplied were excellent, the notes tied in very efficiently and accurately with the videos. Dr Joe Brady’s presentation on the videos and his expertise and help at the webinars was outstanding. I found it very easy to continue studying even though I found employment two months into the course. I would highly recommend this course to anyone hoping to further their education in this field.”
Tan Sear Enyu, Venture Corporation Limited, SA
“The lecturers have vast knowledge to share and are technical specialists within the Life Sciences Industry…there was a lot of encouragement and team exchange of experience to bring in for class work and assignment participation.”
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Talk To Our Team
USA/World
Call Geraldine: +1 (617) 901 9268
Ireland
Call Sinead: +353 (0)21 2409016
Delivered by an Industry Expert
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 seventeen years project experience in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device industries in Ireland, Singapore, China, The Netherlands, France and the USA.
Your 15-Week Class Schedule
Your Class Director is going to check your study logs at the end of every week and will only release the following week’s materials to you if you have been regularly logging in and completed the previous week’s activities.
And he or she will proactively follow up with you to keep you on track.
Module 1 – Manufacturing Safe Medicines (Weeks 1-10)
Module 2 – Advanced Career Coaching (Weeks 11-15)
5-Week Advanced Career Coaching
Open Your Eyes to Modern Job Hunting
This is a practical course, not a theoretical one. There is no “filler” content. Each and every task is specially designed to take you one step closer to the job you want in a structured way.
The course is assessed using a mock application for a real job advert. You’ll complete a 9-step application process simulation for a BioPharma/MedTech job, using the relevant tools and techniques.
“I never realised how much I didn’t know”
That’s the most common feedback we get when people finish this programme. And it really doesn’t take that long to get that new knowledge and start putting it to good use…
By the end of week 1 … you’ll have a personalised spreadsheet that shows all the steps to your job hunt, up front – no surprises. You’ll also have a handle on your current job hunting capabilities and where the gaps are. Finally, you’ll have completed exercises that lead you through discovering the unique things you’re bringing to employers.
In 5 weeks … you’ll have finished the module and submitted your assignment. As part of that you’ll have a completely rewritten CV and be 100% clear on the steps you need to take for each and every application to give you the best possible chance of success.
In 2 months… you’ll be in the process of applying for jobs. You’ll be talking to employers – submitting applications, taking phone interviews and participating in first round interviews and assessment centres.
In 3 – 6 months … you’ll have the first of your job offers. If you follow all our advice, you should have received at least 1 job offer.
In 1 year … you’ll be settled in your new career and possibly starting to consider your next step. The benefit of this course is that it’s timeless. What you learn now will be applicable to any job hunt in the future. This course isn’t about getting your next job, it’s about being confident and well prepared for every job hunt in the rest of your career.
Claire Wilson
Head of Career Coaching
Meet Claire
Claire runs GetReskilled’s Advanced Career Coaching Programme – our specially devised job hunting course that helps our trainees take that final step into employment by leading them through the job hunting process.
Claire has a BSc (Hons) in Medical Biology from Edinburgh University and spent 7 years working in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Show Off Your New Skills: Get a Certificate of Completion
Once the course is over, complete a written assignment to get certified in our Conversion Course into Pharma.
Add it to your resume, your LinkedIn profile.
