| Every day there are new opportunities for Pharmacy | | | | any job today so their program should include |
| Technicians as new jobs are being created in the | | | | computer programs that they are likely to use in a |
| healthcare system and there are more requirement | | | | real job. Ask for statistics about the students that |
| for trained healthcare workers. If you love working | | | | have graduated. How many have found jobs? How |
| with people and having a caring attitude you may find | | | | long does it take them to find a job once they |
| that a career as a Pharmacy Tech is the perfect job | | | | graduate? Class size might also be important to you - |
| for you. | | | | it is much easier to learn in a smaller classroom with |
| What do Graduates Say? | | | | more one on one attention from the instructor. Add |
| One graduate from the Pharmacy Technician | | | | some hands on learning and you'll have all the tools |
| program at a business college in Winnipeg expressed | | | | you need to become a Pharmacy Technician. |
| a desire to find employment in a program that | | | | What Duties Do Pharmacy Technicians Have? |
| offered a stable future. This graduate decided to | | | | When you find employment as a Pharmacy Tech you |
| enroll in the Pharmacy Technician program and was | | | | can expect to be responsible for retrieving patient |
| enjoyed the opportunity to receive training from | | | | data from the computer system. Your training with |
| someone who had worked directly in the field. As a | | | | computers will be helpful with this. You'll also provide |
| result, this student found employment after doing a | | | | quality customer service to customers as they come |
| work placement. | | | | in and prepare labels for medications and help the |
| What Should Potential Students Look for in a | | | | Pharmacist in dispensing them. The demands for |
| Pharmacy Tech Program? | | | | qualified Pharmacy Technicians have increased in the |
| Any time one enrolls in school they should do | | | | past few years and the skills that you learn in a class |
| research to ensure that the program will give the | | | | will help you to do a great job? Are you going to be |
| knowledge and tools they need to succeed in the | | | | one of the Pharmacy Techs that are place in a job |
| work force. Computer skills are essential in almost | | | | after attending a business college this year? |