#5 - Pharmacy Technician
Training Time: About 6 months
A pharmacy technician certification program or on-the-job training can prepare you for this in-demand job in as little as 6 months. While program length and content may vary by school, most cover medical and pharmaceutical terminology, pharmaceutical calculations and techniques, and pharmacy law and ethics. Job Growth: With the growing number of middle-aged and elderly people - who use more prescription drugs than younger people - the pharmacy technician field will see significant growth. In fact, the Department of Labor expects job growth to increase by 25 percent over the 2008-2018 timeframe.
Responsibilities: As a pharmacy technician, your duties will include receiving prescription requests, counting tablets, labeling bottles, and sometimes measuring and mixing medications for the pharmacist to check before they are given to the patient. This is an important, precise job - details are sometimes a matter of life and death.
Salary: Pharmacy technicians earn an average hourly wage of $13.32, though the highest 10 percent averaged at more than $18.98 in May 2008. Certified technicians may earn more than non-certified technicians.
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People can also opt for pharmacy technician training online as there are now tons of online providers who are approved and whose courses are accepted in a lot of states.
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