Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Pharmacy Technician 



Duties and Responsibilities :

The Pharmacy technician work along a Pharmacist . Some of their responsibilities are filling in prescriptions according to a doctors order for patients . Other responsibilities are to measure the correct amount of medication from larger containers to prescription size containers. They also add drugs to intravenous solutions . All the work done , is then check by the pharmacist before giving the prescriptions to patients. Pharmacy Technicians usually work in Retail pharmacies , hospitals, clinics,and some large industrial complexes. Duties for Pharmacy Technician are :

  • check inventories and ordering more supply 
  • receiving and checking in supplies 
  • waiting on customers 
  • keeping pharmacy work areas clean 
  • helping fill out insurance forms                                                                                                                             

Average Salary :

$15,000-$25,000

Educational Requirements ;

In order to become a Pharmacy Technician you must have taken courses such as Science , Especially chemistry , and typing courses in high school . A high school diploma is usually required to begin a pharmacy technician training . Two year courses leading to certificates are at most community colleges . Also , a Six month programs are offered are privately operated schools . 

Reflection : 
this career does seem interesting and does take my attention , I would actually take in consideration to choose this as a career. I like it because it short and i definitely  see myself doing this in the future as my second job . 














































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