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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
£21,589
£27,350
£42,717

New workers start around £21,589. Normal pay is £27,350 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £42,717.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 31,701 vacancies for this type of job

5.60%

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

  • Quality Management

  • Quality Management Systems

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • ISO 9000 Series

  • Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

  • Engineering Drawings

  • Good Manufacturing Practices

  • Internal Auditing

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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

  • Management

  • Safety Assurance

  • Quality Control

  • Problem Solving

  • Investigation

  • Operations

  • Customer Service

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Civil Engineering

University of Plymouth

MEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/136

Chemistry

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 104/112

Automotive Engineering

Sheffield Hallam University

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Sheffield · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Chemistry

Loughborough University

MChem (H) · 4 Years · Full-time · Loughborough · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Games Design

University of Northampton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Mechanical Engineering

Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges)

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Crawley · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/144

Mechanical Engineering

Nottingham College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Aerospace Engineering

University of Brighton

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/120

Operational Yacht Science

Cornwall College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time with time abroad · Falmouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Civil Engineering

University of Sheffield

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sheffield · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Chemistry with Maths

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Computer Games Development

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/128

Pharmacy

Keele University

MPharm (H) · 4 Years · Full-time · Keele · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Civil Engineering

Leeds Beckett University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Food Innovation and Technology

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Cookstown · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Food and Nutrition

University College Birmingham

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/96

Mechanical Engineering

University Centre Rotherham

HNC · 1 Year · Part-time · Rotherham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Mechanical Engineering

De Montfort University

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

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