Occupation Atlaspharmaceutical quality specialist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0f845e64-de8b-431e-9fe3-1bccf8e1c5b9
pharmaceutical quality specialist
Pharmaceutical quality specialists perform inspections and precision measurements in order to test and ensure the quality of pharmaceutical products. They are involved in the whole development phase of a pharmaceutical product until it is ready for the market. This includes the process of acquiring clinical trial licences, advising the pharmaceutical development staff on regulatory requirements and evaluating the content of the package leaflet and other documentation on the product. Moreover, pharmaceutical quality specialists collect and evaluate information on side effects of the product and communicate this knowledge both internally and to the relevant authorities.
Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
ISCInvestigative · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.67
- S Social4.88
- C Conventional4.56
- R Realistic2.82
- E Enterprising2.62
- A Artistic1.48
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Pharmacists (29-1051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analytical chemistry
- biotechnology
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct quality control analysis
- controlled substances permits
- ensure pharmacovigilance
- ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products
- laboratory techniques
- manage medication safety issues
- manufacture medicines
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- perform product testing
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceutical legislation
- pharmaceutical products
- pharmaceutical technology
- test medicinal products
- test pharmaceutical process
- work safely with chemicals
Optional (14)
- basic chemicals
- chemical processes
- chemical products
- evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process
- improve safety of medicines
- manage adverse reactions to drugs
- perform chemical experiments
- perform therapeutic drug monitoring
- pharmacology
- provide specialist pharmaceutical care
- record data from biomedical tests
- record test data
- take pharmaceutical inventory
- transfer chemicals
O*NET equivalents
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