Wake Technical Community College

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9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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BioWork

The BioWork certificate program will teach you the foundational skills you need to begin a career as a process technician.

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At Wake Technical Community College, our vision is a college that exceeds the expectations of our stakeholders for effective lifelong education, training and workforce development by providing world-class programs and services.
Scheduled Courses
Open Enrollment

Courses available for enrollment.

Title Start & End Day Time Delivered
Aseptic Processing I Mon, Apr 22 - Thu, Apr 25 2024 8:30am - 4:30pm Face-to-Face
BioWork Mon, Apr 29 - Mon, Jul 29 2024 9:00 - 11:30am Face-to-Face
BioWork Mon, Apr 29 - Wed, Jul 31 2024 6:00 - 9:00pm Face-to-Face
BioWork Wed, May 1 - Wed, Aug 7 2024 6:00 - 8:30pm Face-to-Face
BioWork Mon, May 6 - Tue, Jul 30 2024 9:00 - 11:30am Face-to-Face
BioWork Mon, May 6 - Mon, Aug 5 2024 6:00 - 8:30pm Face-to-Face
BioWork Tue, May 7 - Wed, Jul 31 2024 5:30 - 8:30pm Face-to-Face
Course Catalog
Courses: 25

Are you new to the pharmaceutical or life science  sectors? Need to brush up your skills? Learn and practice the basics of aseptic operations in a simulated CGMP environment…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Build on the foundation you constructed in Aseptic Processing Level I with this course, a hands-on experience in which you hone aseptic operational skills in a simulated CGMP…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Students will learn how to write using the three most commonly needed skills in any type of technical document: writing clearly, concisely, and cohesively. The aim of the class is…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

The BioWork certificate program will teach you the foundational skills you need to begin a career as a process technician for a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or chemical…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, Live Instructor Led, On Demand
Level: Beginner

This course provides an overview of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) principles, requirements, and expectations for compliance with the Current Good Manufacturing Practices…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

This overview of CGMP for Pharma outlines the fundamentals of current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) used by pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing companies. CGMP exists to…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led, On Demand
Level: Beginner

Aseptic gowning is a system of donning apparel to prevent the contamination of aseptic processing areas. The Cleanroom Gowning course will establish a framework and requirements…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

This class aims for writers to compose technical documents that the reader can easily read and understand, so the writer must know their audience. Participants will work through 4…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

This course is designed to introduce technicians and professionals to the principles and regulatory requirements of current drug, biologic and medical product Corrective Action…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

This course introduces principles of contamination and containment for the biopharmaceutical industry along with responses using various procedures and engineering controls.…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led, On Demand
Level: Beginner

Downstream processing (also known as DSP) refers to the recovery and purification of a drug substance (DS) from natural sources, such as animal or bacterial cells. It is defined…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

An Environmental Monitoring (EM) program  provides meaningful information on the quality of  the aseptic processing environment as well as environmental  trends of…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

FDA Audit Preparation is designed to help create an environment of preparedness to instill a culture of quality assurance by raising the awareness of FDA compliance  in…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Intentional Adulteration of ingredients and/or finished products is an important issue for manufacturing since it was passed as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Are you looking to become a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)? Completing our course is one way to achieve that goal. Developed by the Food Safety Preventive…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Keeping food safe for human or animal consumption means knowing how to execute quality safety practices such as personal hygiene, good manufacturing habits, and proper sanitation…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

This course is designed for teaching faculty in biomanufacturing operations. It provides an overview of good manufacturing practices and describes the elements of a well-…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Are you responsible for preserving documents or for ensuring that your company’s data is complete and correct? Stay on top of your field by learning the regulatory requirements…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Did you know that 3rd party audit certification bodies expect employees to have a basic understanding of HACCP and/or Preventive Control systems implemented at food production…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a chemistry technique used to separate compounds of interest from a liquid mixture based on chemical and/or physical properties.…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Cell and Gene Therapy is a technique that modifies a person's genes to treat or cure disease. This course will focus on an introduction to the applications of Cell and Gene…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Micropipettes are common laboratory devices used to accurately dispense small volumes of liquid samples. This course focuses on the principles of micropipetting techniques used in…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Biopharmaceutical fermentation involves propagating mammalian, yeast, or microbial cells to produce the desired drug product. This process can be used to produce many types of…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Upstream processing is the initial phase of the bioprocess from cell line development and cultivation to culture expansion of the cells through harvesting. Mammalian cell culture…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Students will learn how to write an effective Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as well as why these are a required and essential component of documentation systems in regulated…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led, On Demand
Level: Beginner