Table 1Transition record

pharmaceutical quality specialisttoindustrial pharmacist

A pharmaceutical quality specialist already meets 17% of what the industrial pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From pharmaceutical quality specialist

17%

Overlap1

To industrial pharmacist

8 Skills carried over

16 Required, not held

82.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

17%

Learning distance A rebuild

82.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the industrial pharmacist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pharmaceutical quality specialist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A industrial pharmacist role treats 3 of its required skills as things a pharmaceutical quality specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

improve safety of medicines
pharmaceutical chemistry
pharmaceutical technology

What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A industrial pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pharmaceutical quality specialist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ensure pharmacovigilance assisting and caring
already held manage medication safety issues management skills
already held test medicinal products information skills
already held manufacture medicines handling and moving
already held improve safety of medicines management skills
already held pharmaceutical technology health and welfare

All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the industrial pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 38 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 5 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
required, not held inorganic chemistry required
required, not held organic chemistry required
required, not held physics required
required, not held toxicology required

optional, not held botany optional

02 health and welfare 5 required

required, not held pharmaceutical processes required
required, not held pharmacognosy required
required, not held pharmacotherapy required
required, not held human anatomy required
required, not held pharmacokinetics required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held accept own accountability required
required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required

optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
optional, not held recommend product improvements optional

04 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required

optional, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory optional
optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

05 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held pharmacy law required

optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

06 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held develop pharmaceutical drugs required

optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional
optional, not held manage medical supply chains optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a industrial pharmacist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held improve safety of medicines skill
already held pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
already held pharmaceutical technology knowledge
already held ensure pharmacovigilance skill
already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
already held manage medication safety issues skill
already held manufacture medicines skill
already held test medicinal products skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 information skills 7 supplementary

optional, not held report medication interaction to pharmacist optional
optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
optional, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation optional
optional, not held conduct health related research optional
optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional

08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary

optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional

09 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held safe management of medicines optional

22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held report medication interaction to pharmacist optional
optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
optional, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory optional
optional, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation optional
optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held conduct health related research optional
optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional
optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
optional, not held manage medical supply chains optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

26 held skills the industrial pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analytical chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role basic chemicals knowledge
not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
not needed by the target role controlled substances permits knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products skill
not needed by the target role evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process skill
not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
not needed by the target role perform chemical experiments skill
not needed by the target role perform product testing skill
not needed by the target role perform therapeutic drug monitoring skill
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical industry knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical products knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical care skill
not needed by the target role record data from biomedical tests skill
not needed by the target role record test data skill
not needed by the target role take pharmaceutical inventory skill
not needed by the target role test pharmaceutical process skill
not needed by the target role transfer chemicals skill
not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill

15 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held pharmaceutical processes required
required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
required, not held pharmacognosy required
required, not held pharmacotherapy required
required, not held human anatomy required
required, not held inorganic chemistry required
required, not held organic chemistry required
required, not held pharmacokinetics required
required, not held pharmacy law required
required, not held physics required
required, not held toxicology required
optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held sales strategies optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from pharmaceutical quality specialist

Full index of moves from pharmaceutical quality specialist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.