The company, which manufactures chemotherapy treatments, developed the qualification to ensure all its staff can meet the standards required to work in laboratories.
Director Chris Watt said: "We are absolutely committed to our staff and we have to operate to the very highest professional standards. We previously had a training manual that we had established over several years and it took new staff about six months to become fully productive using it. We decided we had to have specialised training and the only way this could be made relevant to our requirements was to design it ourselves."
Training will be provided to staff in 40 hours of guided learning over a two-week course culminating in exams and practical assessments.
Own-design BTEC qualification for Bath ASU staff
Pharmaceuticals firm Bath ASU has designed its own BTEC qualification against (in accordance with) the Qualifications and Credit Framework, cutting staff training time from six months to two weeks.
