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Scenario · Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Operate the compression suite under supervision

You are a trainee Pharmaceutical Production Operator at Western Sydney.

Intermediate3 to 4 hours7 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

The next ibuprofen 200 milligram tablet batch is scheduled for compression on Thursday and you are working alongside Cass Whitmore, an experienced operator, who will sign off the steps you complete on your training record. Before entering the suite you must gown correctly, confirm the room status and the pressure differential, and check that the previous batch has been cleared. The lubricant addition must be dispensed with a second person and the press set to the parameters in the batch manufacturing record. In process checks for weight, hardness and thickness run every thirty minutes and every entry must be made at the time in the batch record.

Your brief. Prepare for and operate the compression step of a tablet batch under supervision in line with good manufacturing practice, completing the batch record entries and in process checks correctly at the time, responding to any out of limit result, and having your training record signed off for the steps completed.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed compression section of the batch record
  • In process check records
  • Shift handover report
  • Signed training record entry

Documents to use

Systems to use

Production Batch Records

Every food, beverage and pharmaceutical batch from planning to release, with line, quantity, status and the notes that support release.

Raw Material Receipts and Stock

Every inbound lot of raw material and packaging with supplier, quantity, allergen status and quarantine or release status.

Non-conformance and CAPA Register

Register of every non-conformance, deviation, complaint and safety incident with investigation, corrective and preventive action and closure status.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical as at 10 September 2026.

FBPPHM3010Operate a compressing process
FBPPHM3003Work in a controlled environment
FBPPHM3020Apply Good Manufacturing Practice requirements
FBPPHM3011Dispense pharmaceutical raw materials

Qualifications

FBP30822Certificate III in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Observe gowning and room entry checks done before entry, dispensing with a genuine second person check, entries made at the time and not from memory, no blank fields, correct single line corrections and a clear description of the deviation response. The handover report must reflect what happened on the shift.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.