GMP course for unemployed
Get the knowledge you need to work in GMP regulated production. The course is approved on the regional positive list and makes you a far stronger candidate across the pharmaceutical and life science industry in Denmark.
Location:
Copenhagen
Next start date
11 January
Price:
Free for unemployed
See how the GMP course for unemployed is built
Take the next step towards a job in life science. The course strengthens your skills and gives you a solid foundation in GMP across six core areas. You can see the topics below, and read more about how the course is structured.
Career opportunities with GMP skills
If you are looking for your next move, GMP is one of the fastest routes into one of the most stable industries in Denmark. Good Manufacturing Practice is the set of rules all medicinal production follows, and the requirement appears in almost every job advert at pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies. If you can show that you understand quality, traceability and documentation, your application moves up the pile. Typical roles are production operator, including in sterile production, laboratory technician and analyst in quality control, QA working with deviations, changes and batch documentation, warehouse, logistics and supply chain, and technical support, maintenance and validation. Many start as an operator and move on to superuser, team lead or specialist in the quality department.
Who is the GMP course for?
The course is for you if you want to find work in the life science industry, take a central role in how GMP is implemented and maintained, and understand how the mindset of the people on the floor protects the quality of medicine. You get a thorough walkthrough of the requirements for aseptic production, an overview of the authority requirements, and the guidelines for developing, validating, operating and maintaining IT systems. The course is listed on the regional positive list, which makes it easier for jobcentres to approve and fund it.
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GMP course including communication, project management and MS Office
Take a GMP course built for people who want to move into the pharmaceutical industry. Over six weeks you build a thorough understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice and what the rules mean in a regulated production environment. You work with quality assurance, documentation, the handling of raw materials, packaging and finished goods, and the requirements behind sterile medicinal production. Teaching is in English. The course is approved on the regional positive list and can be applied for through your jobcentre.
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Location:
Copenhagen
Duration
6 weeks / 30 days
Price
Free for unemployed
Meet your trainers
Lykke Erichsen
Lykke has worked as a Quality Laboratory Technician at ALK and as Instrument Coordinator at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, coordinating service, troubleshooting and GMP documentation for analytical equipment in quality control and production. She teaches with a focus on the everyday reality of the laboratory, and there is always room for questions.
Rikke Egeberg Tankard
Rikke combines an academic background with experience from the industry itself. She holds a PhD in Physics from DTU and most recently worked as equipment specialist at Novo Nordisk, focusing on cleaning processes including Clean-In-Place. There she worked with production equipment, operations, data handling and maintenance. She knows the GMP requirements from the inside, and teaches with a focus on making complex rules understandable and usable.
Pharmaceutical production, GMP 1
- Knowledge of the GMP rules
- SOPs, requirements and documentation
- Basic microbiology and hygiene
- Cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation processes
- Cleanroom clothing and behaviour
GMP in everyday operations, GMP 2
- Self inspection and internal audit
- Preventing errors and handling deviations
- Tools for systematic quality assurance and continuous improvement
- Production processes and problem solving when GMP requirements are implemented
Production of sterile medicine, Sterile 1 and 2
- Requirements for sterile production in cleanrooms
- Hygiene and behaviour in airlocks
- Cleaning and disinfection of equipment
- Monitoring of sterile production environments, environmental monitoring and hygiene control
- How a GMP compliant sterile batch is produced
Qualification and validation for operators
- Production quality and process optimisation
- Requirement specifications, qualification, validation and implementation
- Test plans, sample control and monitoring
- Measuring equipment, calibration and maintenance
Project management and communication
- Projects and project management
- The project frame and the project triangle
- Project phases, life cycle and project types
- Stakeholder and risk analysis
- Communication theory, including social constructivism and paradigms
- Dialogue based communication and conversation tools, including the Johari window
MS Office programmes
- Excel, basic and advanced functions
- Excel formulas, data handling, pivot tables and charts
- How Excel works together with other Microsoft programmes and services
- Outlook and how it works with the other Microsoft programmes
- PowerPoint, basics
- Word, basic and advanced
Build GMP knowledge in only six weeks with this GMP course
Do you want a career in the pharmaceutical industry? A GMP course can be the key. Even without previous experience, six weeks is enough to understand how production and packaging facilities are run in line with the current rules and authority requirements, including the correct handling of raw materials, packaging and finished goods.
The teaching is built around cases drawn from everyday operations in a pharmaceutical or food company. You learn about good manufacturing practice, quality assurance, risk assessment and the handling of materials under the current rules. It also covers GMP regulated production environments, which is what you need in order to understand the requirements for clothing, aseptic gowning, equipment operation, quality control and the production of sterile medicine.
GMP courses are approved on the regional positive list
The course is approved on the regional positive list for six week courses for unemployed, and you can apply for it through your jobcentre. If you are unsure about the application process or anything else, you can sign up without obligation. We will contact you and answer your questions.
What is GMP, and why does it open doors
Good Manufacturing Practice is the international set of rules for how medicine is produced, documented and released. It covers everything from the cleanliness of a room and the clothing worn in it, to how a deviation is written down and who is allowed to approve a batch. Every company that makes or handles medicine in Denmark works under these rules, and every inspection checks them.
Why employers ask for it
A company cannot teach a new employee the whole framework on the job. It needs people who already understand why the rules exist and what happens when they are not followed. That is why GMP appears in almost every job advert in the industry, and why candidates who can document the knowledge are read first.
What six weeks gives you
You go through the principles, quality assurance, documentation and traceability, behaviour and hygiene in classified areas, and the requirements for sterile production. You also get an introduction to qualification and validation, and to the rules for the IT systems that hold the records. Each participant receives a course certificate for their own documentation.
How it is funded
The course is on the regional positive list for six week courses for unemployed. That means your jobcentre can approve and fund it. If you are unsure how to apply, sign up without obligation and we will take you through it.
Frequently asked questions about our courses and working with us
Different needs bring different questions. We have gathered answers to the most common ones, and we are always glad to answer more and talk through what your team needs.
Is the GMP course on the regional positive list?
Yes. This GMP course is approved on the regional positive list, which means that unemployed can have the course paid through their jobcentre if they meet the conditions. The regional positive list is an overview of courses that match what the labour market needs and that can improve your job prospects in growth industries such as life science. Contact your jobcentre or your unemployment fund to hear more about your options.
Who teaches the course, and are the trainers qualified?
All our courses are taught by skilled trainers with a relevant professional background, so you are in safe hands. For our GMP courses we put particular weight on the trainer knowing the subject from the inside. We therefore only choose trainers who have worked with GMP themselves in pharmaceutical companies, food companies or related industries, so you learn from someone who has had the rules in their hands in real working life.
How do I sign up for the GMP course?
You sign up by filling in the form on this page. We then contact you and take you through the whole process. If you are unemployed, you can apply for funding through your jobcentre, because the course is on the regional positive list. We are happy to advise you on both the funding and the application, so you are well prepared for the conversation with your jobcentre or unemployment fund.
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