Employment in Ireland’s biopharmaceutical sector grew by more than 60pc between 2016 and 2022, according to the course’s operators.
Technological University Dublin will run a new apprenticeship programme designed to address the skills gap in Ireland’s rapidly growing biopharmaceutical sector.
The ‘Higher Certificate in Science: Bio Process, Chemical Process Technician’ apprenticeship has been developed by BioPharmaChem Ireland in partnership with the School of Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Sciences at TU Dublin.
This comes amid a period in which Ireland’s biopharma sector is experiencing a major boost, having grown by more than 60pc between 2016 and 2022 and driving demand for specially skilled employees, according to the programme’s operators.
The apprenticeship is a level-six, two-year programme that will combine academic study and paid workplace learning, with a goal of providing apprentices with the scientific knowledge, technical expertise and practical experience needed for successful careers in biopharma manufacturing.
