Pharmacy Technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication and other healthcare products to patients. Technicians usually perform routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication for patients, such as counting tablets and labeling bottles. Technicians refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health matters to a pharmacist.

Pharmacy technicians held about 211,000 jobs in 2002. Two-thirds of all jobs were in retail pharmacies, either independently owned or part of a drugstore chain, grocery store, department store, or mass retailer. About 22 percent of jobs were in hospitals and a small proportion was in mail-order and Internet pharmacies, clinics, pharmaceutical wholesalers, and the Federal Government.

Pharmacy aides work closely with pharmacy technicians. Pharmacy technicians usually perform more complex tasks than do pharmacy aides, although, in some States, their duties and job titles overlap.

Anthem College - Online offers Pharmacy Technician Program.

Pharmacy Technician program by Everest Institute can help you make a difference.

Pharmacy Technician Program. You’ll work closely with pharmacists to provide medication and health care products to patients. Learn how to: Receive prescriptions from doctors and hospitals; Prepare prescriptions for patients; Assist the pharmacist with everyday duties. You’ll get valuable information about working in this challenging environment, where skills in record keeping, calculating, and knowledge of medicines will be tested daily. This Pharmacy Technician Program is like having your own personal pharmacy technician school.