2. What is Pharmacy
Technicians
Pharmacy technicians is a
health care worker who
performs pharmacy related
functions, generally working
under the direct supervision of
a licensed pharmacist or other
health professional.
3. Jobs Duties
Take from customers or health professionals
the information needed to fill a prescription
Count tablets and measure amounts of other
medication for prescriptions
Compound or mix medications, such as
preparing ointments
Package and label prescriptions
Accept payment for prescriptions and process
insurance claims
Do routine pharmacy tasks, such as answering
phone calls from customers
5. Average
Salary:
Median pay - $28,000 per year Median pay -$28,400 per year
$13.65 per hour
Entry – level education – high school diploma or equivalent education
Work experience – none
On the job training - moderate –term on the job training
Numbers of jobs – 334,400
Job out look – 32% ( much faster than average)average)
Employment change – 108,300
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6. Salary
Data
Graphs
This graphs shows the average
salary of the work from
pharmacy technicians. Sure it
not that much, But it good
starter career. In order to
become pharmacy technicians
, you need to have a
certification in vocation school
7. How to Become a
Pharmacy Technician
Becoming a pharmacy
technician usually requires
earning a high school
diploma or the equivalent.
Other requirements vary by
state, with some states
requiring passing an exam
or completing a formal
training program.
8. Licenses and Certification
Most states regulate pharmacy technicians in some way. Consult
your state’s Board of Pharmacy for its particular regulations.
Requirements for pharmacy technicians typically include some or
all of the following:
High school diploma or GED
Criminal background check
Formal training program
Exam
Fees
Continuing education
9. Job Outlook
Employment of pharmacy technicians is expected to grow
by 32 percent from 2010 to 2020, much faster than the
average for all occupations. As a result of advances in
pharmaceutical research, more prescription medications are
being used to fight diseases. Also, the number of older
people is growing, and older people use more prescription
drugs than younger people.
10. Training and practice
Practical training, such as completing an
internship in a pharmacy, is also often required
as part of training for employment as a
pharmacy technician
11. School to Attend
If you are interested in starting a careers in
becoming a pharmacy technicians, you could
attend on one these programs:
(ELAC)
UEI college
AmericanCareerCollege
13. ●
Serious outcome
●
To be a pharmacy technician, you must
know all the track of medicines.
If you give the customers the wrong
medicine, then that patients could get an
allergic reaction and possibly die also
it will be a big impact to your career
and you would obviously get fired.
