Thinking of getting into Validation?

[axluz]

Greetings all!

A little background information on myself. I graduated in 2003 in chemical engineering and took a year off. I've been searching for a job since december of last year and to this day, haven't found one. I do have industry experience in qc positions and chem. eng assistant positions obtained through co-op.

A mentor of mine suggested taking certificate courses to add to my degree.

I remember a professor of mine mentioning validation during my sophomore year. My question is, how would I go about getting into validation? Any specific (titled) courses that you may suggest? Any other suggestions pertaining to my situation?

Thank you all for your replies.

 

[PSE]

Here would be a place to start if you are looking at following the QC career route. The education links should lead you to various certification types and requirements.

http://www.asq.org/portal/page?_pageid=33,32429,33_32554&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Regards,

 

[sms]

The company I work for is looking for Chem E's, as well as machinery, reliability, and project engineers....

http://www.lyondell.com/html/careers/job_openings.shtml

 

[axluz]

Thanks for the replies sms & PSE. I'm located in Calgary, Canada and found a school offering quality certificate programs that may assist me in my pursuit. Not sure if it'll point me in the right direction. Here are the courses in the certificate program:

http://www.sait.ca/calendars/conedcalendar/certificates/qualassur.html

What do you guys think?

I just need to find some type of job to fund the certificate program.

 

[PSE]

The courses seem to relate back to the ASQ certificate programs, you might want to check through the ASQ link to see if they are actually related. I would not like to see anyone go through the expense of taking courses only to find out that they did not actually help much in terms of certification preparation.

Regards,