- Prepare, clean, and inspect work areas and equipment
- Handle and stage raw materials
- Sample work area(s) and equipment for contamination
- Sanitize drains and pipes to avoid contamination
- Related administrative tasks
- Execute production activities within established policies, practices, and guidelines, as well as established quality and safety standards
- Optimise own work processes
- Identify gaps in current policies and procedures
- Facilitate implementation of processes in own area of work
- Perform visual inspections of production area(s) and equipment
- Perform pre-production checks such as environmental checks, scale checks, and equipment pre-checks as per BMR, SOP and product specifications
- Verify scale and measuring equipment performance
- Dispense, transfer, weigh and collect raw materials for processing
- Ensure raw materials are staged for processing, in line with requirements
- Set up the room and IBCs for production activities
- Prepare solutions for production activities as per SOP
- Clean work area(s) and equipment before and after processing of materials as per SOP and cleaning checklist
- Perform routine equipment checks and transfer of equipment
- Collect samples of production area and equipment for testing
- Control contamination in area by flushing drains and pipes
- Assist with sorting of defected products and discard/ minimise waste
- Provide information to assist with campaign preparation
- Identify and report on operational problems out of specification
- Complete batch record labels
- Complete Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) sheets
- Perform half-hourly inspections of production area(s)
- Attend shift meetings
- Provide information for completion of reports
- Complete and consolidate standard documents
- Maintain and update records and systems as required
Skills Required
- National Certification (N4) or Matric 0-2 years related experience
- Manufacturing experience would be an advantage
- Basic technical knowledge of pharmaceutical production processes, procedures, systems, and equipment.
- Basic understanding of pharmaceutical standards and compliance requirements
- Finalizing outputs
- Following procedures
- Taking action
- Information gathering
