Certificate in Cosmetic Quality and Stability

Did you know that ANY cosmetic brand, even small cosmetic brands, putting cosmetic products into the marketplace are responsible for the quality and shelf life of that product, even if they have it contract manufactured or formulated? Fulfill this very essential cosmetic quality requirement and protect your cosmetic brand from issues with quality or stability.

Even if your cosmetic formula was prepared by a Cosmetic Chemist, and your product was manufactured by a Cosmetic Contract Manufacturer, the Brand putting the product onto the marketplace is ultimately responsible to have checked that the product meets minimum quality criteria and holds necessary stability data to support the shelf life of the product. You don’t need to be a licensed lab to run essential quality checks or run your cosmetic shelf life program – but you do need to hold evidence that these steps have been done. Contract these steps out to get the required evidence – OR – learn to do them yourself with our Certificate in Cosmetic Quality and Stability program.

This Certificate program will guide you on basic equipment you will need to run your own tests to check your product quality, especially if you intend to manufacture small batches of cosmetic products for your own cosmetic brand. It also provides you with handy cosmetic quality and stability templates you can use to determine:

• What sort of tests to conduct on cosmetic products to check for quality
• What is required, at a minimum, to prove the shelf life of your cosmetic product
• How to plan your stability testing
• How to investigate and troubleshoot product quality issues
• How to predict shelf life and evidence needed to confirm this
• What results you need before going to market
• How to get to market fast with minimal risk

The Certificate in Cosmetic Quality and Stability program also comes with workplace ready templates you can use for your own cosmetic brand:

• Stability tests for different product types
• Microbial burden and limits for different countries and product types
• Stability schedule template
• Real time and accelerated testing record sheets

If you have started, or want to start your own cosmetic brand, then this is the program to help ensure the quality and shelf life of your products. The Certificate in Cosmetic Quality and Stability course has been developed to provide the skills, knowledge and templates necessary to comply with Cosmetic Quality checks and shelf life determinations around the world.

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• Start Date: Can be started at any time
• Mode of delivery: On-Line/Distance
• Entry Requirements: Minimum 15 years of age or older

• Duration: 90 study hours.
  • Normal duration: 4 weeks (flexible study plan up to 12 weeks).

 

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COURSE UNIT:

TRAINING AND ASSESSMENTS:

• On-line lectures to support learning and activities within the texts
• Electronic text for 2 units
• Stability protocol and stability recording templates you can use/adjust to suit your workplace
• Accelerated and real time testing templates you can use/adjust to suit your workplace
• Written assessment comprising theoretical questions and workplace simulated scenarios

ON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Investigate cosmetic quality issues, determine causes and identify solutions
• How to conduct their own quality and stability tests
• What quality and stability tests are required for different product types, and when they need to be conducted
• What to look for in quality and stability tests to determine acceptable or out of specification results
• How to prevent quality or stability issues from occurring in the marketplace
• How to plan and conduct stability programs to justify cosmetic shelf life
• Prepare and collect evidence to justify cosmetic shelf life to Regulatory Authorities

On successful completion, learners will be able to determine what quality checks and stability tests are necessary for different product types, investigate and determine causes of product quality issues and how to fix them, and how to predict suitable expiry dates for cosmetic products and evidence required to support this. In addition, essential forms, protocols and templates are provided in this Certificate program to give Brand Owners, Quality and Regulatory personnel the tools they need to effectively check quality and stability of a variety of cosmetic products.  

THIS COURSE WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING CAREERS:

• Small cosmetic brand owners
• Regulatory Affairs personnel
• Quality Assurance/Control personnel

THIS COURSE IS IDEAL FOR:

• Cosmetic Brand owners – it is a company responsibility that any brand with product in the marketplace MUST have evidence to support the quality and shelf life of their products, and be able to show this to Regulatory Authorities
• Quality assurance / quality control personnel responsible for quality checks and shelf life determinations
• Regulatory personnel responsible for ensuring company compliance

Duration:

• This course consists of 2 units of competency
• Full time study = 36-38 hours per week to complete in 2.5 weeks
• Part time study = 15-20 hours per week to complete in 4 weeks
• Flexible study = 5-10 hours per week to complete in 12 weeks
• Study load consists of:
  • Guided training and workplace simulations = 55 hours
  • Extension research and assessment activities = 35 hours