3213-Pharmacy Technicians

Tasks include:

• preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of pharmacists
• dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other authorised workers
• receiving prescriptions or refill requests from health professionals and verifying that information is complete and accurate
• maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
• filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications
• assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist for medication information
• pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establish and maintaining patient records including lists of medications taken by individual patients
• ordering, labelling and counting stock of medications, chemicals and supplies and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems
• cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds.