Pharmacy Technician

Career Opportunities

Many of our Pharmacy Technicians find jobs in the following areas:

Retail Pharmacies, Hospitals

Pharmacy Technicians help licensed Pharmacists provide medication and other healthcare products to patients. Technicians usually assist by counting tablets, labeling bottles, computer order entry of prescriptions and mixing intravenous solutions. Among the fastest growing careers in the medical field today, your training will prepare you for a career in hospital, home health care, mail-order and retail pharmacy environments.

Working with pharmacists and customers, pharmacy technicians are trusted with prescription information, patient records, and medication. Pharmacy technicians fill prescriptions, a process that includes counting, weighing, mixing, and measuring medication. Accuracy is necessary for this career and the most successful pharmacy technicians excel with remembering details and giving great customer service.

As a Blake Austin Pharmacy Technician graduate, you'll have the hands-on training and practical knowledge in pharmaceutical preparations and pharmacology to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam.