| Have you ever considered being a Pharmacy | | | | background as well as experience, you will be able to |
| Technician? If you have an interest in the medical | | | | get more job opportunities. |
| field, and work well with others, maybe you could | | | | 2. Having a certificate |
| consider this occupation. This job constitutes working | | | | Although most states do not require a certificate, |
| hand in hand with a pharmacist and together they | | | | most employers would rather they do have one as |
| prepare other peoples' medications. They do this by | | | | this would mean that the posses the required skills |
| putting pills into bottles and make sure that these | | | | and knowledge to do the work. In order to be able |
| bottles are labeled. | | | | to get a certification, you must not have any felony |
| People in this field will be able to get a job working in | | | | convictions and you must have at least a high school |
| grocery stores, retail pharmacies, hospitals and | | | | diploma or a G.E.D. If you already fit these |
| nursing homes. The job prospects too are very good | | | | requirements, then the next step is for you to pass |
| considering that the increase in the aging population | | | | the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam |
| will in turn increase the number of prescription drug | | | | which is administered by the Pharmacy Technician |
| usage. | | | | Certification Board. Once you are certified, then you |
| If you are ready to pursue a career in this field, then | | | | will have to be re-certified every two years which |
| the following should be able to jump start your | | | | involves obtaining 20 hours of continuous education |
| career: | | | | during the two years. Even before getting a job, you |
| 1. Getting the relevant education | | | | should try doing volunteer work or an internships at |
| You can actually begin your career even though you | | | | local hospital to get the relevant exposure, training |
| do not have the educational background. Most | | | | and experience. |
| Pharmacy technicians get started in this career by | | | | From here we can conclude that there two ways |
| being trained on the job instead of studying for it. | | | | you can be a pharmacy technician. One is by |
| The relevant training is normally a result of doing | | | | obtaining the necessary education and the other is to |
| volunteer work at a hospital or by just assisting the | | | | get the on site job training. A word of advice, most |
| pharmacist at the local grocery store. But, you | | | | employers prefer to hire you if you have the |
| definitely can go to college to get the relevant | | | | educational background because as mentioned earlier, |
| degree and with the necessary educational | | | | this is solid proof that you have what it takes. |