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Pharmacy Technician

Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Course

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Pharmacy Technician is designed to prepare students for employment as a pharmacy technician. The course covers content related to medication safety, quality assurance, pharmacy law, pharmacology, patient safety, customer service, sterile and non-sterile compounding, medical terminology, medical abbreviations, order processing, and pharmacy calculations. Career and Technical Student Organizations are integral, co-curricular components of each career and technical education course.

Format

In-Person

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Program Pathways

Credentials this program stacks toward

  • Program Pathway to Health ScienceFrom Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Program Details

Detailed information about this program

Pharmacy Technician is designed to prepare students for employment as a pharmacy technician. The course covers content related to medication safety, quality assurance, pharmacy law, pharmacology, patient safety, customer service, sterile and non-sterile compounding, medical terminology, medical abbreviations, order processing, and pharmacy calculations. Career and Technical Student Organizations are integral, co-curricular components of each career and technical education course. These organizations enhance classroom instruction while helping students develop leadership abilities, expand workplace-readiness skills, and access opportunities for personal and professional growth. Students in the Health Science cluster affiliate with HOSA–Future Health Professionals.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

No requirements listed.

Financial Aid

Eligible funding programs

No funding information available.

Scholarships

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Alabama

    Alabama

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Describe and contrast the roles of pharmacy personnel, including the pharmacist, pharmacy technician, and pharmacy clerk
  • Identify and describe high-alert medications, high-risk medications, and sound-alike look-alike drugs (SALAD)
  • Summarize federal requirements for handling and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous, and pharmaceutical substances
  • Describe and compare pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacokinetics
  • Describe the information that must be included on every prescription
  • Compare and contrast the procedures, equipment, and regulations for sterile
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Pharmacy Technicians29-2052.00
  • Pharmacists29-1051.00
  • Psychiatric Technicians29-2053.00
  • Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other29-2099.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Course)

  • Written prescription requests — verify completeness and accuracy under pharmacist supervision in a retail or hospital pharmacy setting.
  • Prescription data — enter into pharmacy management software following established protocols with direct oversight.
  • Patient medication profiles — create and update in the database under guidance from a licensed pharmacist.
  • Drug storage areas — organize and maintain proper storage conditions by following posted temperature and security protocols.
  • Incoming pharmaceutical supplies — receive, count, and check against invoices under supervisor direction in a pharmacy stockroom.
  • Pharmacy telephone inquiries — answer and route basic questions to the supervising pharmacist following scripted response guidelines.
  • Customers seeking over-the-counter items — assist by locating products or directing them to the pharmacist for clinical questions.
  • Point-of-sale register — operate to process customer payments accurately in a community pharmacy checkout environment.
  • Prescription labels — produce using label-making software following pharmacist-reviewed instructions in a dispensing workflow.
  • Medication expiration dates — identify and flag outdated stock for removal during routine inventory checks under supervision.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
79%
Placement Rate
39%