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We'll retrain or upskill you ONLINE for a higher-paying career or a promotion in the Pharmaceutical and Med Device Manufacturing Industry or the Engineering or Validation Consultancies in this sector. We provide retraining and validation courses for the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industry. With every GetReskilled ONLINE program;

You’ll have a dedicated course leader who stays

with you throughout the course. We release only one week’s worth of material at a time and then MANUALLY check your progress at the end of every week to make sure that you are keeping up with your work. Your course leader will email or telephone you if it looks like you’re starting to fall behind. This helps us to spot any potential problems early and helps you completely finish the program. Here are some other great reasons you should choose GetReskilled. Our Intake Process:

We talk to every prospective student on the phone to make sure they’ve applied for the most appropriate course for them, based on their skills, experience, and career goals. Our Course Delivery:

100% ONLINE delivery – We deliver the program using a series of videos, quizzes, interactive activities, and projects. This means:
You can learn from home or anywhere you have a decent internet connection. You don’t need to waste your time or money commuting to class or on expensive hotel or travel junkets. There are no fixed schedules or Zoom classes. Family-friendly – You’ve got kids? Not a problem. Study after they have gone to bed. Dedicated course leader – As a GetReskilled student, you will have a named course leader that stays with you throughout your course – this is a single point of contact for all queries and questions. Choose a faster/slower schedule – Your working schedules or family life plans are unpredictable so we offer flexible delivery. Choose a faster/slower schedule or pause the delivery of the course. Developed on-site by scientists and engineers – Our programs were developed by working scientists and engineers in the pharmaceutical industry. They have decades of experience so you get the most practical and up-to-date course content. Over 10-year experience delivering courses ONLINE – We’ve been delivering our programs online for almost 10 years so you are in safe hands. University Accreditation:

Technological University Dublin – Our certificate and degree programs are university accredited by Technological University Dublin, Ireland. Our Additional Support:

Talk to us anytime – Our support extends beyond the end of your technical course – GetReskilled students are always welcome to get in touch with industry or job hunting questions
More than technical training – We offer more than just technical training – depending on your course choice you might be eligible for our Advanced Career Coaching module, Professional Writing Skills module, Graduate Career Job Action Plan module, or Graduate Career Roadmap module
Free job hunting resources – As part of our commitment to helping our students, we provide high-quality free of charge industry resources such as our Irish and UK Pharma Jobs boards

Boston Scientific employs over 6,500 people in Ireland (making it the country’s biggest Life Sciences employer!)There ar...
02/09/2026

Boston Scientific employs over 6,500 people in Ireland (making it the country’s biggest Life Sciences employer!)

There are 3 sites:

- Cork is a Shingo Prize winning site that manufactures a range of devices including catheters, occlusion coils and inflation devices
- Galway isn’t just the company’s largest site in Ireland, it’s actually their largest manufacturing site in the world
- Tipperary produces defibrillators, pacemakers, spinal cord stimulators and deep-brain stimulators, and received an €80 million investment in 2023 to extend manufacturing

Between them, the 3 sites produce over 12 MILLION medical devices every year!

This scale - combined with continued investment - reinforces Ireland’s position as a global centre for high-value med-tech manufacturing.

👇 Read more about all 3 sites (and what rating the employees give the company!) in the full article
https://www.getreskilled.com/boston-scientific-in-ireland/

Pharmaceutical and medical device companies in Ireland now employ more than 80,000 people at their manufacturing sites a...
01/09/2026

Pharmaceutical and medical device companies in Ireland now employ more than 80,000 people at their manufacturing sites across the country!

We’ve spent over 8 years monitoring this data and it’s never been this high before - it’s amazing to see this industry just going from strength to strength in Ireland.

If you’re thinking about reskilling to work in this industry, get in touch. Our team includes engineers, scientists and lab technicians who have worked in the pharma industry & are happy to discuss the types of jobs you might be suitable for.

Or if you’re already in the industry and looking to upskill into more specialised areas, check out a list of courses in the link
https://www.getreskilled.com/pharmaceutical-courses/

📖 Term of the Week: Design Qualification 👇Documented evidence that a chosen design meets the user requirements and contr...
01/09/2026

📖 Term of the Week: Design Qualification 👇

Documented evidence that a chosen design meets the user requirements and controls the identified risks. It happens before you ever install anything.

💾 One to save for later.

Learn it properly in our Equipment Validation (IQ OQ PQ) course 👉 https://www.getreskilled.com/iq-oq-pq/
Or explore all 70+ terms: https://www.getreskilled.com/validation/validation-glossary/

📌 New term every Tuesday — follow along for the full A–Z.

Here's a little life hack: get it in early. ⏰ No midnight scramble, no Sunday-night stress — just send your completed qu...
30/08/2026

Here's a little life hack: get it in early. ⏰ No midnight scramble, no Sunday-night stress — just send your completed question booklet (and workshop assignment, if it applies) to your Course Coordinator now and your evening is yours, completely. Doesn't that sound nice? 😌

Bringing this to the top of everyone's feed, to all our current students, weekly progress check-ins are tomorrow!Please ...
30/08/2026

Bringing this to the top of everyone's feed, to all our current students, weekly progress check-ins are tomorrow!

Please make sure you’ve emailed your completed question booklet (and workshop assignment, if applicable) to your Course Coordinator by midnight tonight.

Week 10: The pipe that bends with you.🔹 What it is: A flexible connection allowing movement, vibration damping or easy d...
28/08/2026

Week 10: The pipe that bends with you.

🔹 What it is: A flexible connection allowing movement, vibration damping or easy disconnection.

🔹 Spot it: A wavy line.

🔹 In a pharma plant: Transfer hoses, mobile equipment connections and points needing flexibility.

🔹 Why it matters for validation: Hose type, rating and traceability are part of installation checks.

Full symbol library 👉 https://www.getreskilled.com/validation/pid-symbols/

These 11 Pharma and Med Device companies employ over 6,500 people in Co. Limerick!There’s actually a dedicated pharma an...
27/08/2026

These 11 Pharma and Med Device companies employ over 6,500 people in Co. Limerick!

There’s actually a dedicated pharma and med device county guide for Limerick on our website.

It’s there that you’ll find a map of where exactly these sites are, detailed company profiles, and information about new jobs coming to the area.
https://www.getreskilled.com/medical-device-companies-limerick/

If you know of any companies missing from the list, drop me a comment below and I’ll update it! Thanks!

🇮🇪 Why Abbott continues to expand its footprint in Ireland…Abbott’s presence in Ireland goes far beyond a single site or...
26/08/2026

🇮🇪 Why Abbott continues to expand its footprint in Ireland…

Abbott’s presence in Ireland goes far beyond a single site or business unit.

With operations spanning diagnostics, nutrition and medical devices, the company has built one of the most extensive med-tech manufacturing networks in the country.

Recent investment decisions reinforce a clear message: Ireland remains a strategic location for scaling highly regulated, high-value healthcare production.

In our article, we examine:
📍 How Abbott’s Irish operations have evolved over time
📍 What this expansion signals about Ireland’s life-sciences capabilities
📍 The skills and roles increasingly in demand across med-tech manufacturing

👇 Read the full article https://www.getreskilled.com/abbott-in-ireland/

Where can Chemical and Process Engineers work in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industry?As a proce...
25/08/2026

Where can Chemical and Process Engineers work in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industry?

As a process or chemical engineer, you are already well-positioned to apply for process or chemical engineering roles within the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.

👉 You could also look at roles with medical device manufacturing companies.

👉 Engineering consultancies could be another option as well.

You generally don’t need any additional training but you could certainly benefit from taking a course on GMPs if you have no experience working in a GMP manufacturing environment or haven’t covered them in your undergraduate program.

👉 Another option would be to train for validation roles as your background in engineering design and interpreting P&ID technical drawings is highly relevant to this field.

Apart from the general "Process Engineer", "Chemical Engineer" or "Senior Process Engineer" job titles, here are some typical sub-category job titles we often see advertised that could be suitable:

➤ Process Engineer - Tech Transfer: the focus is generally on managing the move of a production process from one facility to another.

➤ Process Engineer - Upstream: Upstream activities are stages of biopharmaceutical processing up to the cell-culture or fermentation process that is used to make the target proteins.

➤ Process Engineer - Downstream: Downstream activities are the stages of processing that come after cell culture or fermentation. These stages include separation and purification to achieve the required drug product.

➤ Process Engineer - Fill Finish: the focus is on formulating the licensed product using the drug substance and other excipients, filling, lyophilization and testing, including ongoing stability testing.

There are a few other subcategories as well. A lot of the job descriptions for these job titles tend to overlap with other engineering disciplines such as mechanical, plant or validation engineering. Examples include:

➤ Process Engineer - EHS: the focus on environmental, health and safety

➤ Process Engineer - Facilities: the focus is on the design and maintenance of HVAC, air handling, water and steam systems within a plant

➤ Process Engineer - C&Q: the focus is on commissioning and qualification of equipment and systems and populate validation protocols

➤ Process Engineer - Equipment: the focus is on the maintenance, qualifications and documentation to keep process equipment up and running and in regulatory alignment.

Learn more about moving into Pharma as a Process or Chemical Engineer in this post - https://www.getreskilled.com/engineer/process/

If you want a proper course on Good Manufacturing Practices, check out our GMP Training for Beginners in Pharma at this link. https://www.getreskilled.com/gmp-training/

If you are interested in learning how to populate a qualification protocol, check out our Starter Validation Course at this link. https://www.getreskilled.com/validation-for-process-and-project-engineers/

📖 Term of the Week: Performance Qualification 👇Documented proof the equipment performs for its real-world use, tested wi...
25/08/2026

📖 Term of the Week: Performance Qualification 👇

Documented proof the equipment performs for its real-world use, tested with a real load or process material. The 'P' - the final equipment check.

💾 One to save for later.

Learn it properly in our Equipment Validation (IQ OQ PQ) course 👉 https://www.getreskilled.com/iq-oq-pq/
Or explore all 70+ terms: https://www.getreskilled.com/validation/validation-glossary/

📌 New term every Tuesday — follow along for the full A–Z.

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