Qc Technician

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Quality Control Technician

Updated July 2020

Job Purpose: To ensure effective quality control through the verification of scales and incubators, execution of the manufacturing start-up procedure, efficient packaging analysis, and inspections.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

1. Verifications
   • Daily verifications of laboratory equipment.
   • Manufacturing Start-Up Procedure:
     • Check that the skew bar is set at the correct height, the barcode stickers and coding on the bottle have the correct information and are legible.
     • Check the torques on all capping heads.
     • Check that labels, preforms, and closures conform to spec.
     • Report any non-conformances to the Line Supervisor and QC Supervisor.
     • Authorize the line supervisor to proceed once start-up results have been passed.
   • Packaging Analysis:
     • Testing of preforms, such as height, weight, neck finish dimensions, and recording of batch numbers for traceability.
     • Testing of blown bottles such as height, burst pressure, sectional weight, stress cracking, fill point capacity, drop test, visual inspections, wall thickness, base weight, neck finish dimensions.
     • Testing of closures such as height, skew cap detection, outer diameter, inner seal, secure seal.
     • Label inspections to ensure the application is correct on visual parameters such as bond line creep, damaged label graphics, flagged label, label placement gap, label repeat, misapplied/mismatched label, out of registration, torn label, wrinkled label, visible glue.
     • Testing of labels for glue application, rinse residue tests.
   • Inspections:
     • Inspection of the Date and Batch code applications to ensure it is legible and correct.
     • Rinse pressure inspections.
     • Inspection of barcode stickers to ensure compliance with product running on the line.
     • Inspection of Shrink wrapping.
     • Conducting Tension force measurements on Palletized product.
   • Documentation and Record Keeping:
     • Recording of all results.
     • Raising non-conformances to the QC Supervisor, isolation of non-conforming product/packaging.
     • Sampling to ensure that the correct number of samples are taken for the relevant departments such as QC, QA, Retention, and Micro.
     • Ensure that the product meets the Final Product Specifications.
     • Conduct all tests in accordance with the established testing plan, which includes but is not limited to Brix, CO2, pH, Sensory, etc.
     • Collaborate with production and other relevant departments on root cause investigations on internal non-conformities.
   • General:
     • Ensure that all Good Lab Practices are implemented and adhered to.
     • Ensure good housekeeping of the lab and associated workstations.
     • Ensure accurate sampling and analysis of in-process and final products.
     • Ensure that the testing schedules with the required frequencies and sampling sizes are adhered to.
     • Foster a positive and collaborative working relationship with Operations.
     • Escalate any quality or food safety risks to the relevant functional heads.
     • Adhere to the health, safety, food, and environmental standards.
     • Ensure that visitors or contractors entering the facility are signed in, escorted, wear PPE, are aware of the hygiene policies, and do not smoke, eat, or drink inside the facility.
     • Maintain high levels of personal hygiene in accordance with the code of conduct.
     • Ensure staff are cleaning and sanitizing hands efficiently before handling the product.
     • Be aware of the potential of physical product contamination and control measures to prevent it.
     • Take reasonable measures to ensure health and safety hazards do not occur.
     • Be aware of the first aider on site and report injuries and illness to supervisors/first aiders.
     • Maintain expected performance standards and enforce compliance with relevant legislative and statutory requirements.
     • Attend training and enforce learnings from the training for Quality, Food Safety, and Health & Safety.
     • Maintain a high level of housekeeping within the work environment.