Upon completion of the Pharmacy Technician training program, students must demonstrate
the following knowledge and skills

• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the pharmacy technician and the pharmacist, explain the differences between these two roles, and outline the regulations imposed on both by state and federal law.
• Knowledge and ability to identify and employ pharmaceutical and medical terms, abbreviations, and symbols commonly used in prescribing, and dispensing.  
• Transcribe, fill and distribute prescriptions for medications in both the community and institutional pharmacy settings under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
• Ability to perform record-keeping, techniques relating to manufacturing packaging and labeling of drug products, do third-party processing procedures, preparing sterile products using an aseptic technique and pharmaceutical compounding
• Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations applicable to an entry-level pharmacy technician position in the community and institutional pharmacy settings.
• List and explain all major classifications of drugs and understand their indications, therapeutic effects, side effects, dosing recommendations, routes of administration, and mechanisms of action.
• Apply the communication and customer service skills needed for interactions with patients and other healthcare professionals.