Apprentice

About the Role

This is an apprentice role focused on foundational training in packaging operations within a cGMP environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Undergo foundational training on cGMP, shop-floor safety guidelines, personal hygiene, and packing hall conduct.
• Assist senior line operators in assembling, setting up, and running primary (blister, strip, vial/ampoule) and secondary packaging equipment.
• Learn to receive, verify, and transfer primary and secondary packaging materials (foils, cartons, labels, leaflets, shippers) from staging areas to production lines.
• Support step-by-step Type A/B line clearance activities, equipment surface wipedowns, and packaging bay sanitation between batch runs.
• Practice manual visual inspection under supervision to detect defect types such as broken tablets, misaligned seals, defective crimping, or print smudges.
• Assist in executing routine packaging IPQC tests, including vacuum leak testing for blister packs, barcode verification checks, and drop tests.
• Assist operators with disassembling, washing, drying, and staging line changeover parts, guide tracks, and feeding hoppers.
• Observe and assist in recording accurate operational parameters and downtime logs in machine logbooks adhering to ALCOA+ data integrity principles.
• Maintain general order, line cleanroom conditions, and workplace organization following established 5S standards.
• Attend ongoing on-the-job technical training sessions covering packaging Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), safety rules, and quality expectations.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with cGMP and safety fundamentals.
• Understanding of packaging material handling.
• Knowledge of visual inspection techniques is a plus.
• Awareness of data integrity principles.
• Commitment to adhering to 5S standards.