Retrain for Validation

Potential Job Roles and Salaries

Please Note:
The Application DEADLINE for our next Validation Technician Program – Starter Roles and Validation Technician Program – Senior Roles is May 1st.

Programs Start on May 9th.

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.

Learn Commissioning & Qualification (IQ OQ PQ) and Retrain for Starter Validation Roles

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For more Senior Validation roles with a higher salary, take our academically accredited Pharmaceutical Validation Training Course