A Quality Assurance Chemist is responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations and standard operating procedures and quality of products.
Brief Job Description: A Quality Assurance Chemist performs physical checks, conducts document verification exercise, ensures compliance to systems and procedures, undertakes risk control assessment, conducts/participates in internal/external audits and also carries out in-process sampling, finished product sampling activities.
Personal Attributes: The individual should have good knowledge of in-process checks and Quality Assurance systems. He/she must also have exposure of regulatory audits.
| Qualifications Pack Code | LFS/Q0302 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Role | Quality Assurance Chemist | ||
| Credits(NSQF) | TBD | Version number | 1.0 |
| Industry | Life Sciences | Drafted on | 23/06/14 |
| Sub-sector | Contract Research, Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical | Last reviewed on | 01/06/16 |
| Occupation | Quality Assurance | Next review date | 01/06/19 |
| NSQC Clearance on | 18/06/2015 | ||
| Job Role | Quality Assurance Chemist |
|---|---|
| Role Description | Responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations and standard operating procedures& quality of products |
| NSQF level | 5 |
| Minimum Educational Qualifications | B. Pharma (Preferable)/ B. Tech in Biotechnology (Preferable for Bio Pharmaceutical)/ B. Sc. in Microbiology (Preferable for Bio Pharmaceutical)/ B.Sc. in chemistry |
| Maximum Educational Qualifications | M. Pharma (Preferable)/ M. Tech in Biotechnology (Preferable for Bio Pharmaceutical)/ M.Sc. in Microbiology ( Preferable for Bio Pharmaceutical)/ M.Sc. in chemistry |
| Training(Suggested but not mandatory) | On the job training (1 year of training for entry level chemist is mandatory), GXP (GLP, GDP, GMP) (Mandatory) |
| Minimum Job Entry Age | 19 Years |
| Experience | 2-4 year in Production/ Quality Control in case of B. Pharma./ B.Sc./ MSc./ B. Tech.; In case of M. Pharma./ M. TechBiotechnology - no prior experience required Quality Assurance certification, ISO certification |
| Performance Criteria | As described in the relevant NOS units |