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Build on your industry experience and start a higher-paying career in validation
Turn your practical work experience into an advanced certification
Estimated salaries €39,000 – €70,000 plus overtime, bonuses and allowances. (Based on Irish job data)
This program was developed on-site by a team of senior chemical engineers, validation engineers, and biochemists working within an engineering consultancy during the construction of a new pharmaceutical plant to train its own engineers and technicians.
We will walk you through this step-by-step process and teach you how to populate a blank IQ OQ PQ template to qualify a Clean-in-Place System. The blank template is taken from the construction site of a pharmaceutical plant.
This is a fundamental skill for any validation professional and a key outcome for this program. You will be able to take this completed and substantial document to any job interview and demonstrate your ability to complete this task.
This program is highly specialized so you MUST have one of the following:
Our learners work for the world’s biggest pharma and medical device companies
STEP 1, you take this “Equipment Validation Course” to retrain for the following roles;
With validation, CQV and C&Q roles, you could work directly for:
STEP 2, then take our Pharmaceutical Validation Training Course – For Senior Validation Roles to get a level 7 university accredited “Certificate in Validation” from Technological University Dublin, Ireland and a more interesting job with a higher salary such as:
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.
The end of the module assignment and key outcome for the program will be for you to populate an IQ OQ PQ protocol for a clean-in place-system. The protocol will detail the following elements;
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.
In this module, you will develop your own 120-page Qualification Protocol to qualify a clean-in-place system. You will also learn to read P&IDs, Piping Isometrics & Electrical Loop Drawings used to develop qualification protocols. And you’ll learn how to qualify equipment, instruments and piping systems, along with automation controls and building facilities.
If you already have some experience working in Validation and know how to populate an IQ OQ PQ equipment qualification protocol, check out our academically accredited Pharmaceutical Validation Training Course – For Senior Validation Roles.
Pharmaceutical Validation creates a documented evidence trail (through rigorously checking and testing) to demonstrate that equipment, a system, procedure or process used in the production and testing of the pharmaceutical product:
There are many other definitions of validation but the essence of all these definitions seems to be “documented scientific proof of consistent performance“.
Qualification is one part of a 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 Equipment Qualification Protocol is a written plan stating how qualification 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 qualification protocol) to check and test that a mechanical or software system is;
Need more detailed information?
Commissioning vs Qualification vs Validation
What are IQ OQ PQ?
What is an Equipment Validation Protocol?
IQ, OQ PQ Templates
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).
Colin Lane
Previous background:
Med device manufacturing
“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.
Hear more and read how Colin moved from medical device manufacturing into validation.
Charles O Neill
Previous background: Pipefitter/Plumber
“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.”
Regina McNamara
Previous background:
Professional Painter
“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.
Note: If you’ve worked in a GMP Regulated Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Environment, you are exempt from the first 5 weeks (Module 1) of the program. You also get a price reduction.
15-Day Fast Track Option Available – For an additional cost, you can request an immediate start and complete the 2-module 15-week program in 15 days. This is going to be tough but your course leader will check your progress every morning and follow up with you to keep you on schedule. START within 24 working hours upon receipt of payment.
This module was developed in consultation with the pharma industry including Pfizer and MSD.
Full-Time Validation Lead
Lecturer, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
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.
Mehmet Hascan
Previous background:
Technical Support
“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
Previous background:
Food Manufacturing
“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.
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With every GetReskilled ONLINE program;
This all helps us to spot any potential issues early and helps you completely finish the program.
Earn by successfully populating a 120-page IQ OQ PQ template to qualify a Clean-in-Place System and get a Certificate of Award in Commissioning & Qualification (IQ OQ PQ) of Equipment and Systems.
Add details of your certificate to your CV/Resume or your LinkedIn profile.
Yes, provided you’ve met our minimum requirements and successfully finished the program, you to be able to join a validation or qualification team at an entry-level position or higher (depending on your experience) after 4 months.
There are a total of 15 sessions of online content, one per week. Each session of online content typically includes 6-10 topics.
Each topic includes:
We release only one week’s worth of material at a time and then check your activity logs weekly to make sure that you’re managing to keep up with your workload. This helps us to spot any potential issues early. There is a “Progress Bar “on your course which is helpful to you and us to know how you are doing.
You have a dedicated course leader who will follow up with you if it looks like you’re starting to fall behind. She’ll also be in touch weekly to let you know when new content is open for you.
Yes, you can speed up or slow down the rate of delivery to suit your requirements. The most important thing is communication between you and your course coordinator.
If you are taking a break or are busy at work and do not have time to study you need to tell her or him. Similarly, if you want to study at a faster rate, then just email in good time and ask for more course content.
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 program starts and this allows you 24 hours a day access.
Yes.
Yes, a number of our students have their employers pay for this program.
Yes
Yes, this program is a stepping-stone to our follow-on specialisation, Certificate in eValidation.
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