Retrain for Validation

Potential Job Roles and Salaries

Please Note:
The Application DEADLINE for our next Certificate for Validation for Validation Specialist Roles is February 20th.

Program Starts on February 28th.

Here are some of the potential job roles you could retrain into and the expected salaries.

Validation Engineer

Responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring the validation strategy in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing. They measure and analyse the process, audit and calibrate equipment and create a document trail that shows the process leads to a consistent result to ensure the highest quality products are produced.

Some companies might call this role:

Validation Specialist

Retrain for Validation

Potential Job Roles and Salaries

Here are some of the potential job roles you could retrain into and the expected salaries.

Validation Engineer

Responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring the validation strategy in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing. They measure and analyse the process, audit and calibrate equipment and create a document trail that shows the process leads to a consistent result to ensure the highest quality products are produced.

Some companies might call this role:

Validation Specialist

Starting Salary: €35,000 to €45,000
After 2 Years: €40,000 to €55,000
After 5 Years: €50,000 to €75,000

Starting Salary: $54,400
After 2 Years: $68,000
After 5 Years: $81,600

Validation Technician

Works as part of the Validation team to measure and analyse the manufacturing process, audit and calibrate equipment and create a document trail that shows the process leads to a consistent result. This ensures that the product is consistently of the highest quality.

Starting Salary: €35,000 to €45,000
After 2 Years: €40,000 to €55,000
After 5 Years: €50,000 to €65,000

Starting Salary: $54,400
After 2 Years: $68,000
After 5 Years: $81,600

Validation Team Member

This role is more focused on working on capital projects, equipment focused, higher salary than Validation Technicians as there would be a lot of overtime associated with the role. You would also need to move to where the job located and you could be working away from home.

Starting Salary: €30,000 to €36,000
After 2 Years: €36,000 to €45,000
After 5 Years: €45,000 to €50,000

Starting Salary: $40,800
After 2 Years: $51,000
After 5 Years: $61,200

What Courses Do I Need to Take?

What courses do I need to take to successfully retrain for a validation role in this sector?

For starter level roles, such a Validation Specialist and Validation Team Member, you would need to take our Commissioning and Qualification of Equipment and Systems program.

Commissioning & Qualification (IQ OQ PQ) of Equipment

Develop your own Validation Protocols. Read P&IDs, Piping Isometrics & Electrical Loop Drawings.Turn Your Work Experience into an Advanced Certification. Join a Validation Team in Just 4 Months.

For more an even more advance role with a higher salary such as a Validation Engineer or Validation Specialist take our Pharmaceutical Validation Training Course