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Quality Assurance Technicians

Quality assurance technicians perform a variety of technical inspections and testing and monitoring tasks to detect processing, manufacturing and other defects.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
ÂŁ19,994
ÂŁ32,376
ÂŁ53,425

New workers start around ÂŁ19,994. Normal pay is ÂŁ32,376 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to ÂŁ53,425.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 32,466 vacancies for this type of job

4.67%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Maintains equipment and systems used.

  • Establishes product specifications.

  • Liaises with production engineers and staff to maintain the quality of output and to develop quality management systems..

  • Assists quality control engineers in undertaking production audits.

  • Supervises the work of routine inspection staff and notes any defects reported.

  • Analyses and interprets the results of tests undertaken and writes up reports upon completion.

  • Sets up scientific, electronic, or other technical equipment to perform functional and inspection tests.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Auditing

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Quality Management

  • Quality Management Systems

  • ISO 9000 Series

  • Good Manufacturing Practices

  • Engineering Drawings

  • Root Cause Analysis

  • Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

  • Food Safety And Sanitation

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Quality Assurance

  • Detail Oriented

  • Safety Assurance

  • Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Quality Control

  • Investigation

  • Operations

  • Microsoft Office

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