Where a pharmaceutical quality specialist can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pharmaceutical quality specialist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

• chemical manufacturing quality technician 24% covered · difficulty 74.8
• rubber technologist 18% covered · difficulty 81.2
• chemistry technician 17% covered · difficulty 85.3
• industrial pharmacist 17% covered · difficulty 82.3

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pharmaceutical quality specialist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a pharmaceutical quality specialist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.