Science Manufacturing Technician Apprentice
QUANTUM PHARMACEUTICAL LIMITED
Co Durham, Luton
Closes in 28 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Becoming a Science Manufacturing Technician in the Pharmaceutical sector is more than just a qualification — it’s a chance to develop life changing skills, grow your confidence, and build a career in a vital healthcare field.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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15% salary increase with shift allowance
- Training course
- Science manufacturing technician 2023 (level 3)
- Hours
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Shift patterns are Monday - Friday 05:00 - 14:00 and Sunday -Thursday, 13:00 - 22:00 on rotation.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 21 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Aseptic Manufacturing & Support Operations:
- Set up raw materials, containers, and equipment required for aseptic manufacturing, following GMP documentation and customer priorities
- Perform routine and thorough cleaning and decontamination of cleanroom areas according to daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning schedules
- Perform transfer sanitisation on raw materials and consumables
Quality Control & Compliance:
- Conduct visual inspection of finished products in line with product quality standards
- Carry out environmental monitoring and report deviations in accordance with SOPs
- Perform quality control checks on materials and products, ensuring they meet specifications and are released appropriately
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Quantum House, Hobson Industrial Estate, Burnopfield, Co Durham, NE16 6EA
- 32 Bilton Way, Luton, LU1 1UU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
I & F LIMITED
Training course
Science manufacturing technician 2023 (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Review instructions or information to understand the task.
- Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
- Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
- Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Apply controlled environment procedures for example, gowning, isolators, contamination control, and sanitisation.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
- Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and waste handling.
- Conduct in process or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
- Apply first line maintenance practices.
- Store tools and equipment.
- Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
- Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
- Perform second person witness and second person checks for critical tasks.
- Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
- Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
- Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements and GDPR.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
- Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Select, check, and prepare raw materials for biotechnology process for example, weighing, measuring, control and blending, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
- Conduct pre-checks of hand tools, equipment and machinery for biotechnology process including calibration record where applicable.
- Connect service connections for biotechnology process such as water, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic.
- Operate biotechnology equipment for example, start-up, shut down, or cleaning mode.
- Set and adjust biotechnology process parameters such as agitation revolutions per minute, temperature, pressure, flow rate or time.
- Check calibration and calibrate analytical equipment.
- Conduct at point analysis of the product using laboratory techniques (bench top analysis) for example, pH, conductivity measurement, optical density measurements, and protein concertation.
- Apply quality assurance procedures. For example, conduct parameter checks (size, colour, weight), and take samples for laboratory testing.
- Remove and replace disposable components and check functionality for example, break lines, isolators, and tri-clamps and tube welding.
- Conduct aseptic method for example, aseptic technique or aseptic sampling.
- Interpret drawings and graphs.
- Select, check, and prepare raw (incoming) materials for aseptic process for example, weighing, measuring, conditioning, dissolving, and sanitisation.
- Conduct pre-checks of hand tools, equipment and machinery for aseptic process including calibration record where applicable.
- Operate aseptic process equipment for example, start-up and shut-down.
- Set aseptic process parameters such as temperature, and pressure.
- Conduct pre and in-process checks such as environmental monitoring.
- Make adjustments to aseptic process parameters.
- Clean equipment and process areas in-between production to avoid cross-contamination.
- Conduct volume checks.
- Calibrate analytical equipment.
- Review instructions or information to understand the task.
- Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources with consideration for safety, environmental impact, quality, and cost.
- Identify hazards and risks in the workplace and personal safety and mitigation measures.
- Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Apply controlled environment procedures for example, gowning, isolators, contamination control, and sanitisation.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimising waste.
- Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and waste handling.
- Conduct in process or post-manufacturing procedure for example, labelling, packing, storage, visual inspection, discharge.
- Apply first line maintenance practices.
- Store tools and equipment.
- Conduct calculations for example, conversations, tare weight, charge weights, yield calculations.
- Interpret data for example, process data, quality control and test procedure data.
- Perform second person witness and second person checks for critical tasks.
- Identify issues for example, defects, deviations, process variance, and maintenance requirements.
- Apply problem solving and fault-finding techniques.
- Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Use information and digital technology for example, management information systems, human machine interfaces, word processing, spreadsheet, email, virtual learning platforms, document sharing platforms. Comply with cyber security requirements and GDPR.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make a suggestion for improvement.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents for example, handover notes or emails, non-conformances, design change requests.
- Plan how to meet personal development needs. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
Training schedule
- Science Manufacturing Technician 2023 Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Training will take place at your location of work, with weekly teaching sessions and additional support as required
More training information
- Skills4 is a pharmacy apprenticeship training provider dedicated to initiating and furthering the careers of Pharmacy Technicians, Science Manufacturing Technicians (SMT), Science Manufacturing Process Operatives and Pharmacy Services Assistants
- We take pride in delivering high-quality training programmes to apprentices and have a team of tutors ready to guide and support apprentices on their journey to certification. Skills4 is pharmacy founded and clinically grounded
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
A keen interest in Pharmaceutical Industry (Aseptic/QC/Laboratory).
About this employer
Quantum Aseptics, part of the Target Healthcare Group, is on a growth journey in the UK’s compounded medicine space, preparing treatments for NHS and private patients. Our relentless dedication to making a meaningful impact in healthcare has helped us become one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK.
https://www.quantumpharmaceutical.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Company pension, death in service benefit, generous annual leave, performance bonus.
After this apprenticeship
- Aseptic pharmaceuticals process technician
- Aseptic manufacturing technician
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
I & F LIMITED
Kim Morrison
kim.morrison@skills4group.co.uk
07398177006
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347626.
Apply now
Closes in 28 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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