Prince Phoshane

Experienced Senior Laboratory Analyst with expertise in food science and pharmaceutical analysis. Proficient in laboratory equipment operation, maintenance, and calibration. Skilled in quality assurance, method development, and team supervision. Acquired vital life skills including communication, leadership, mental alertness, sound judgment, stress tolerance, initiative, self-control, independence, innovation, attention to detail, and planning and organizing.

Senior Laboratory Analyst - Merieux NutriSciences

(2012-12)

Sector: Food Science

• Responsible for the yearly maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment
• Log tickets for all IT related issues in the Lab
• Implement new SOP for internal equipment maintenance
• Health and safety rep: Maintain Fire extinguishers and conduct fire drills with EHS team
• Act in place of laboratory supervisor when needed
• Assist laboratory manager with CapEx
• Operation of LIMS Lab ware system
• Solve personnel issues (shift handovers, absenteeism and organizing stand-ins)
• Instrument troubleshooting (ICP, Leco, IR moisture balance, mass balances)
• Managing the handling of exports and special samples
• Implementing better quality assurance standards in accordance with QA standards to ensure accurate and timeous laboratory services
• Reporting of all analysis
• Assist R&D with method development and validation
• Conduct process/method reviews, communicate and implement changes when necessary
• Assist with analyst duties when needed
• Liaise with customers and suppliers
• On the job task observation and training of sub-ordinates
• Liaise with other departments to provide efficient laboratory services
• Prepare raw material samples
• Preparation of calibration standards and internal standard
• Inventory control on consumables, reagents and equipment spares used in the laboratory
• Laboratory housekeeping & safety

Student Analyst - Institute for Pharmaceutical Services

(2012-07 - 2012-12)

Sector: Pharmaceutical. Reason for leaving: Contract expired

• Water and raw material analysis using wet chemistry analytical instruments analysis of pharmaceutical products
• Analysis of vitamins and different actives present in pills, capsules, and syrups
• Doing assays, stabilities, content uniformity, loss on drying, viscosity reading, particle size analysis on batch releases for different pharmaceutical products

Laboratory assistant (In-Service Training) - Tshwane University of Technology

(2011-07 - 2012-06)

Sector: Education and research. Reason for leaving: In-service training completed

• Assist PhD graduates with research
• Preparations of standard and reagent solutions for analysis
• Operation of analytical apparatus and instruments
• Recording and reporting results after every analysis
• Invigilate laboratory practicals
• Method writing, research and presentations
• Environmental good house keeping
• Stock taking for laboratory apparatus
• Data capturing
• Ordering reagents and chemicals for the Science campus

N2 - Electrical Engineering Instrumentation - Denver Technical College (2019 - 2019)

National diploma - Analytical Chemistry - Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) (2013 - 2013)

Grade 12 - Senior Certificate - Jafta Mahlangu Secondary School (2006 - 2006)