Pharmacy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Pharmacy technicians work at pharmacies under the direction of a pharmacist. Their main job is filling prescriptions according to doctors’ orders for patients. Technicians measure out correct amounts of medication from larger containers to prescription size containers. They also add drugs to intravenous solutions. All of their prescriptions filling work is rechecked by a pharmacist before medications are dispensed to patients or customers.

Other duties of pharmacy technicians are:

Checking inventories and ordering supplies.

·         Receiving and checking in supplies.

·         Waiting on customers

·         Keeping pharmacy work areas clean

·         Helping fill out insurance forms

Pharmacy technicians work in retail pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and some large industrial complexes.

Salary:  $15,000-$25,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take math, science (especially chemistry), and typing courses in high school. A high school diploma is usually required to begin pharmacy technician training. Two year courses leading to certificates are available at most community colleges. Six month programs are offered at privately operated schools.

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Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be a pharmacy technician because it involves math and chemistry, which are the two subjects I don’t like.