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As a quality assurance and regulatory professional, often called a quality manager, you’ll be a detail-focused professional who manages and maintains quality across different products or processes. Read on to find out more about what your career might be like, what study options will help you progress and how you can get your first role.
In this field you’ll benefit from structured career pathways and the opportunity to work at senior or executive levels.
You’ll typically start your career as a graduate trainee or in a junior quality assurance role. After some time working as a quality assurance professional, you’ll be able to move up to management roles where you may oversee a team of technicians or officers. With larger employers you’ll usually focus on a certain process or product, while you might take on a more general role in a smaller organisation. During your career you might transfer into similar areas like health and safety, customer relations or product development.
Experienced quality and regulatory professionals can work as independent consultants, offering their expertise to different clients across their industry.
Graduate schemes are often available through larger employers and are a good way to gain experience across different aspects of your chosen industry, building professional experience while you earn.
On the job training, usually through experienced peers and mentors, will help you become an expert in your industry. In-house or external training is a common way to get certified to certain standards or frameworks. Joining the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) and gaining chartership is a useful way to prove your capacity to work at a senior level.
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