Pharmacy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Pharmacy technicians’ roles and responsibilities vary slightly depending on their work settings but primarily involve preparing medication, counting tablets and labeling medication bottles and containers, providing medication and healthcare products to patients amongst other duties. Assisting a licensed pharmacist, these roles are usually carried out in medical facilities such as hospitals and care homes, licensed retail and mail order pharmacy establishments.

Salary: $15,000 - $25,000
Education: Certification from an industry organization – such as the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) – may be among the pharmacy technician requirements for many hiring companies. Applicants for pharmacy technician jobs are expected to demonstrate proficiency in such skills as customer service, communication, basic math and attention to detail. Filling prescriptions correctly is critical, as customers’ health and safety depends on it; which is why precision is a matter of the utmost importance for pharmacy technicians

Reflection: I would not like to become a Pharmacy Technician because I am not passionate about pharmaceuticals or anything related to that.