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.
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Courses available for enrollment.

Course Starts Start Time Delivered
BioWork Wednesday, January 8, 2025 6:00pm Hybrid
BioWork Monday, January 13, 2025 9:00am Hybrid
BioWork Monday, January 13, 2025 6:00pm Hybrid
BioWork Monday, January 13, 2025 6:00pm Hybrid
BioWork Monday, January 13, 2025 6:00pm Hybrid
BioWork Tuesday, January 14, 2025 1:00pm Hybrid
BioWork Wednesday, January 15, 2025 6:00pm On Demand
Course Catalog
Courses: 42
Allergen Refresher for Food Manufacturing

Allergen Refresher for Food Manufacturing

Does your facility produce products with multiple types of allergens? 30% of all recalls stem from problems around…

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

Aseptic Processing I

Aseptic Processing I

Are you new to the pharmaceutical or life science  sectors? Need to brush up your skills? Learn and practice the…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Aseptic Processing II

Aseptic Processing II

Build on the foundation you constructed in Aseptic Processing Level I with this course, a hands-on experience in which…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Basic Technical Writing

Basic Technical Writing

Students will learn how to write using the three most commonly needed skills in any type of technical document: writing…

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

BioWork

BioWork

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

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

CGMP Overview for Medical Devices

CGMP Overview for Medical Devices

This course provides an overview of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) principles, requirements, and expectations…

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

Biomanufacturing Bootcamp | CGMP Overview for Pharmaceuticals

CGMP Overview for Pharmaceuticals

This overview of CGMP for Pharma outlines the fundamentals of current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) used by…

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

CGMP Refresher for Food Manufacturing

CGMP Refresher for Food Manufacturing

Does your 3rd party audit certification body require employees to undergo yearly training to meet their specifications…

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

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CGMPs for Cosmetics - 4 hour

This course will provide an overview of current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) GMP regulations and guidance…

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

Cleanroom Gowning Concepts

Cleanroom Gowning Concepts

Aseptic gowning is a system of donning apparel to prevent the contamination of aseptic processing areas. The Cleanroom…

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

Craft Technical Writing

Craft Technical Writing

This class aims for writers to compose technical documents that the reader can easily read and understand, so the…

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

Deviations, Root Cause Analysis and CAPA Resolution

Deviations, Root Cause Analysis and CAPA Resolution

This course is designed to introduce technicians and professionals to the principles and regulatory requirements of…

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

Disinfection, Sterilization, and Containment

Disinfection, Sterilization, and Containment

This course introduces principles of contamination and containment for the biopharmaceutical industry along with…

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

Chromatography in Theory & Practice

Downstream Processing Lab Practical

Downstream processing (also known as DSP) refers to the recovery and purification of a drug substance (DS) from natural…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Elements of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Products Industries

Elements of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Products Industries

This course will provide an overview of current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) CGMP regulations and guidance for…

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

Elements of HACCP

Elements of HACCP

This course equips food production employees and floor supervisors with all they need to know to stay in compliance…

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

Elements of Preventive Controls

Elements of Preventive Controls

The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation…

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

Environmental Monitoring Program for Aseptic Processing

Environmental Monitoring Program for Aseptic Processing

An Environmental Monitoring (EM) program  provides meaningful information on the quality of  the aseptic…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Expert OJT

Expert OJT

Is your business training new employees or apprentices?  Has turnover created a situation where you’re in a circle…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Advanced Biomanufacturing Training Program | FDA Audit Preparation

FDA Audit Preparation

FDA Audit Preparation is designed to help create an environment of preparedness to instill a culture of quality…

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

Advanced Biomanufacturing Training Program | FDA Audit Preparation

FDA Inspection Preparation

This course is designed to help in creating an environment of preparedness and a culture of quality assurance by…

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

Food Defense Refresher

Food Defense Refresher

Intentional Adulteration of ingredients and/or finished products is an important issue for manufacturing since it was…

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

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods Part 2 v1.2: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) 8 Hour

This course will provide an overview of preventive control considerations that supports the FSMA Final Rules for…

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

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods v1.2 : Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) 24 hour

Are you looking to become a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)? Completing our course is one way to…

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

FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQI) for Human Foods – Craft Beverage

FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQI) for Human Foods v1.2 – Craft Beverage 24 hour

Preventive Controls for Human Foods has emerged as the primary food safety system throughout FDA-regulated industries.…

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

Fundamentals of Food Safety

Fundamentals of Food Safety

Keeping food safe for human or animal consumption means knowing how to execute quality safety practices such as…

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

Fundamentals of Food Safety

Fundamentals of Food Safety - Packaging 2 hours

Keeping food safe for human or animal consumption means knowing how to execute quality safety practices such as…

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

Good Lab Practices: FDA and EPA Regulations

Fundamentals of Instruction for Biomanufacturing

This course is designed for teaching faculty in biomanufacturing operations. It provides an overview of good…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Data Integrity

Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Data Integrity

Are you responsible for preserving documents or for ensuring that your company’s data is complete and correct? Stay on…

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

HACCP and Sanitation for Craft Beverages

HACCP and Sanitation for Craft Beverages

Experience the process of creating an alcoholic beverage-based Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan…

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

HACCP/PCQI Refresher

HACCP/PCQI Refresher

Did you know that 3rd party audit certification bodies expect employees to have a basic understanding of HACCP and/or…

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

HPLC in Theory & Practice

HPLC in Theory and Practice

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a chemistry technique used to separate compounds of interest from a…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Elements of Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Data Integrity

Internal Auditing

This course provides a look into the basics of auditing. Audit performance, auditor behavior, and auditee…

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

Introduction to Cell and Gene Therapy

Introduction to Cell and Gene Therapy

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

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

Introductory HACCP

Introductory HACCP

Developing or following a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan can be daunting. In this course, learn…

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

Micropipetting Techniques for Precision & Accuracy

Laboratory Safety

This course covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles.

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Micropipetting Techniques for Precision & Accuracy

Micropipetting Techniques for Precision & Accuracy

Micropipettes are common laboratory devices used to accurately dispense small volumes of liquid samples. This course…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Expert OJT

Optimizing Virtual Platform and Classroom Capabilities to Enhance Engagement

Have you had to pivot your courses or the courses you manage or produce to a virtual instructor (synchronous) format?…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Report Writing: Considerations and Best Practices

Safe Quality Food Overview

Is your food, beverage, or natural products business considering Safe Quality Food certification?  If so, its…

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

Fermentation Processes

Upstream Processes: Microbial Fermentation

Biopharmaceutical fermentation involves propagating mammalian, yeast, or microbial cells to produce the desired drug…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Validation of Upstream and Downstream Processes

Upstream Processing - Mammalian Cell Culture

Upstream processing is the initial phase of the bioprocess from cell line development and cultivation to culture…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Writing Effective SOP's

Writing Effective SOP's

Students will learn how to write an effective Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as well as why these are a required…

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