NCCCS - NC BioWork (template)

Issued by NC Community College System

Earners will have demonstrated competency in the foundational skills needed to begin a career as a process technician for a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or chemical manufacturing company. Process technicians are responsible for the production of chemical and pharmaceutical products.

Type Certification
Level Foundational
Time Weeks
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Understand of quality systems such as ISO and cGMP; Measure length, volume, mass, and pressure; Identify workplace safety hazards; Understand separation methods including evaporation, distillation, precipitation, crystallization, filtration, liquid extraction and chromatography; Operate process equipment including autoclave, incubator, microscope, balance, refractometer, pH meter, conductivity meter, and bioreactor; Work aseptically to minimize product contamination; Provide optimal conditions
Course covering skills and knowledge required to begin a career as a process technician for a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or chemical manufacturing company. Fundamental Skills: 1. Pharmaceutical Quality and cGMP, 2. Working Safely, 3. Measuring Process Parameters, 4. Chemical Process in Biomanufacturing, 5. Equipment and Materials, 6. Controlling the Process, 7. Facilities and Manufacturing Environment Unit, and 8. Biomanufacturing Production