Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager (also called Quality Facilitator) Manages the deployment of quality systems and certification processes within an organisation.
Tasks
- Must be knowledgeable of all state and federal regulations for the product being produced.
- Responsible for the quality control aspects of raw materials and finished products.
- Assist in setting quality standards and ensure that production is maintained at such standards.
- Develop, implement, and maintain the organization’s quality management systems and ensure continuing compliance to relevant quality standards.
- Ensure weekly swabs/samples are taken and sent for testing. Takes action for any swabs / samples that come back with non-compliance levels.
- Maintain the corporate quality manual and quality records.
- Review and report the principle causes of quality loss and non-conformance.
- Ensure all check sheets are correctly completed and all noncompliance found have had the correct action taken and signed off.
- Arrange, coordinate, and participate in external quality audits.
- Supervise quality control aspects of raw materials and finished products.
- Implement and maintain the quality management systems and ensure continuing compliance to relevant quality standards are implemented and maintained.
- Review and report the principle causes of quality loss and non-conformance.
- Arrange, coordinate, and participate in external quality audits
- plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the development and implementation of an environmental management system within an organisation by identifying, solving and alleviating environmental issues, such as pollution and waste treatment, in compliance with environmental legislation and to ensure corporate sustainable development.
- plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the operations of a research or production laboratory
- plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the deployment of quality systems and certification processes within an organisation
- plans, organises, directs, controls, coordinates and promotes sport and recreational activities, and develops related policies
Study Pathways:
- BSB50920 – Diploma of Quality Auditing
- FBP30121 – Certificate III in Food Processing
- FBP40421 – Certificate IV in Food Science and Technology
- FBP50121 – Diploma of Food Science and Technology
Soft Skills:
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Time management
A Bachelor Degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience is usually needed to work in this job. Around one in two workers have a university degree.
Tertiary Education Providers
NSW
- Charles Sturt University
- University of New England
- The University of Sydney
- Western Sydney University
- Macquarie University
- Southern Cross University
- University of New South Wales
- University of Newcastle
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- Avondale College of Higher Education
Victoria
- Australian Catholic University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- RMIT University
- Deakin University
- Monash University
- Victoria University
- Federation University
- University of Divinity
- La Trobe
- The University of Melbourne
- Eastern College
South Australia
- Flinders University
- The University of South Australia
- The University of Adelaide
- Torrens University
- Tabor College of Higher Education
Western Australia
- Curtin University
- The University of Western Australia
- Edith Cowan University
- Murdoch University
- The University of Notre Dame
Tasmania
Queensland
- James Cook University
- The University of Queensland
- Bond University
- The University of Southern Queensland
- Griffith University
- CQUniversity
- The University of the Sunshine Coast
- Queensland University of Technology
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory