Overview
What you will study
The Certificate in Cosmetic Quality and Stability course offered by the Institute of Personal Care Science will provide 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
This 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.
Programme Structure
Plan microbiological control of cosmetic ingredients and manufacturing environment
- test raw materials, products, equipment and the facility for microbial presence
- identify methods to reduce microbiological burden with in the facility and finished products using GMP
Plan and interpret stability testing
- examine formulas to determine factors contributing to instability and methods to correct these factors
- develop appropriate stability protocols to ensure performance characteristics of products are maintained over their shelf life
- formulate to accommodate the stability needs of various products
- test the stability of a variety of personal care products
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Chemistry View 18 other Short Courses in Chemistry in AustraliaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Minimum 15 years of age or older
This course is ideal for:
- Cosmetic Brand owners
- Quality assurance / quality control personnel responsible for quality checks and shelf life determinations
- Regulatory personnel responsible for ensuring company compliance
Tuition Fee
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International
999 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 999 AUD for the full programme during 1 months. -
National
999 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 999 AUD for the full programme during 1 months.
Funding
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