Pharmacy Aides
Tasks Include:
- Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
- Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- Greet customers and help them locate merchandise.
- Unpack, sort, count, and label incoming merchandise, including items requiring special handling or refrigeration.
- Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
- Restock storage areas, replenishing items on shelves.
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.
- Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +0.6%
National: -2.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$33,270.00
State
$29,390.00
Regional
Pharmacy Aides
Description
Career Cluster: | Health Science |
Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
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Pharmacy Aides
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 61.19%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 18.21%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 15.04%
- Some College Courses = 5.56%
Related Work Experience
- None = 57.94%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.90%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.34%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 2.07%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.48%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.27%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 59.01%
- Up to and including 1 month = 17.69%
- None = 17.64%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.27%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.81%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.58%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 45.48%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 16.87%
- None or short demonstration = 15.04%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 11.64%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.26%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.72%
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Pharmacy Aides
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
- Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- Greet customers and help them locate merchandise.
- Unpack, sort, count, and label incoming merchandise, including items requiring special handling or refrigeration.
- Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
- Restock storage areas, replenishing items on shelves.
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.
- Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Prepare prescription labels by typing or operating a computer and printer.
- Perform clerical tasks, such as filing, compiling and maintaining prescription records, or composing letters.
- Prepare, maintain, and record records of inventories, receipts, purchases, or deliveries, using a variety of computer screen formats.
- Process medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments.
- Compound, package, and label pharmaceutical products, under direction of pharmacist.
- Operate capsule or tablet counting machine that automatically distributes a certain number of capsules or tablets into smaller containers.
- Calculate anticipated drug usage for a prescribed period.
- Deliver medication to treatment areas, living units, residences, or clinics, using various means of transportation.
- Provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs.
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Pharmacy Aides
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Filling or sealing auger dose machines (Automatic unit dose strip packaging machines)
- Tablet counters (Capsule counting machines)
- Cash registers
- Electronic funds transfer point of sale equipment (Credit card machines)
- Desktop computers
- HEPA filtered enclosures (HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets)
- Label making machines (Label printing machines)
- Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Laboratory blending or mixing equipment)
- Laminar flow cabinets or stations (Laminar flow hoods)
- Laser printers
- Filling or sealing auger dose machines (Liquid dose packaging machines)
- Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
- Personal computers
- Filling or sealing auger dose machines (Solid unit dose packaging machines)
- Tablet counters (Tablet counting machines)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Spreadsheet software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
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Pharmacy Aides
Special Requirements
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
As of February 2004, pharmacy technicians in Virginia must be registered with the Virginia Board of Pharmacy. To do this pharmacy technicians must pass an exam given by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or complete a training program approved by The Virginia Board of Pharmacy and pass an exam.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Must have received a high school diploma, a GED, or the foreign equivalent by the application receipt deadline and have never been convicted of a felony to sit for the PTCB Examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Because Pharmacy Technicians deal with controlled substances, they must undergo background checks
EXAM:
In order to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT):
Pharmacy technicians must pass the national PTCE. (Pharmacist Technician Certification Exam)
Once a pharmacy technician has passed the exam, he or she may use the designation of CPhT.
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR RECERTIFICATION:
To continue to hold certification, a CPhT is required to obtain twenty hours of continuing education for recertification within two years of original certification or previous recertification. For more information regarding certification please visit the PTCB web site (www.ptcb.org).
RENEWAL:
Renewal of Certification is required every two years.
A. Pharmacy technician registrations expire on December 31 and shall be renewed annually prior to that date by the submission of a renewal fee and renewal form. A pharmacy technician newly registered on or after July 1 shall not be required to renew that registration until December 31 of the following year.
B. A pharmacy technician who fails to renew his registration by the expiration date may renew his registration at any time within one year of its expiration by submission of the renewal fee and late fee, renewal form, and proof of required continuing education.
During the two-year certification period, a CPhT must earn twenty hours of pharmacy - related continuing education; one of the twenty hours must be in pharmacy law.
Approximately sixty days before the recertification date, PTCB will mail a recertification packet to the candidate’s mailing address on file. For more information on recertification visit www.ptcb.org and download a copy of PTCB’s Recertification Requirements and Guidelines.
LATE RENEWAL/ REINSTATEMENT:
- A pharmacy technician who fails to renew his registration for more than one year following expiration and who wishes to reinstate such registration shall submit an application for reinstatement, pay the current renewal fee and a reinstatement fee, and submit documentation showing compliance with continuing education requirements.
- A person who fails to reinstate a pharmacy technician registration within five years of expiration, shall not be eligible for reinstatement and shall repeat an approved training program and repeat and pass the examination, or hold current PTCB certification, before applying to be re - registered.
Required Fees:
Initial Application Fees:
Pharmacy technician registration $25
Approval of a pharmacy technician training program $150
Approval of a continuing education program $100
Renewal Fees: (Annual)
Pharmacy technician registration $25
Late Fees:
The following late fees shall be paid in addition to the current renewal fee to renew an expired license within one year of the expiration date. In addition, engaging in activities requiring a license, permit, or registration after the expiration date of such license, permit, or registration shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the board.
Pharmacy technician registration $10
Reinstatement Fees:
Any person or entity attempting to renew a license, permit, or registration more than one year after the expiration date shall submit an application for reinstatement with any required fees.
Pharmacy technician registration $35
Pharmacy technician registration after revocation or suspension $125
Miscellaneous fees:
1.Duplicate wall certificate $25
2.Returned check $25
For More Information, Contact:
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
2215 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037.
Phone: 202.429.7576
http://www.ptcb.org
Virginia Department Of Health Professions
Board Of Pharmacy
6603 West Broad St., 5th Floor
Richmond, VA 23230-1712
Phone: 804.662.9911
TTY: 804.662.7197
Fax: 804.662.9313
http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/pharmacy/
[email protected]
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Pharmacy Aides
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
59.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
52.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
50.75 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Pharmacy Aides
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
56.25 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
56.25 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
62.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
62.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Pharmacy Aides
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
87.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
84.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
83.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
79.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
76.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
76.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
76.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
76.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
74.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
72.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
71.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
69.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
66.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
66.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
64.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
63.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
62.50 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
62.00 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
59.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
59.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
58.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
58.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
57.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
57.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
55.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
55.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
50.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
50.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
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Pharmacy Aides
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
88.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
82.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
79.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
74.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
73.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
72.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
68.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
68.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
64.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
55.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
55.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
53.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
51.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
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Pharmacy Aides
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
66.67 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Pharmacy Aides
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
98.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
97.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
97.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
93.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
90.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
89.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
85.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
82.60 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
78.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
78.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
75.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
75.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
74.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
74.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
73.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
73.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
72.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
70.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
69.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
69.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
68.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
63.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
62.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
57.80 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
52.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
50.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
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Pharmacy Aides
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $24,590.00 | $33,270.00 | $39,590.00 |
Virginia | $24,960.00 | $29,390.00 | $38,480.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $27,345.78 | $36,609.45 | $42,487.70 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $24,442.19 | $30,266.09 | $35,839.14 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $23,940.49 | $32,914.64 | $38,415.57 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $26,832.58 | $30,971.60 | $34,554.58 |
Northern Virginia | $29,006.61 | $30,230.55 | $43,195.31 |
Piedmont Workforce | $29,026.47 | $30,971.60 | $36,541.52 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 44,600 | 43,300 | -2.9% |
Virginia | 906 | 911 | +0.6% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Ancillary
- Certified Pharmacist Assistant
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- Dispensary Attendant
- Drug Clerk
- Front Counter Clerk
- Pharmacist Aide
- Pharmacist Assistant
- Pharmacist Helper
- Pharmacist's Aide
- Pharmacy Aide
- Pharmacy Ancillary
- Pharmacy Assistant
- Pharmacy Cashier
- Pharmacy Clerk
- Pharmacy Helper
- Pharmacy Technician
- Prescription Clerk
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