Occupation Atlaspharmacy technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7b74626d-b487-48a1-9e80-47faf9928210
pharmacy technician
Pharmacy technicians, under the supervision of a pharmacist, check incoming goods, control stock, handle and store pharmaceuticals properly. Where permitted by national rules, they dispense medication and provide advice on their appropriate use.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
CRSConventional · Realistic · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional7.00
- R Realistic4.21
- S Social3.32
- I Investigative2.99
- E Enterprising2.52
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Pharmacy Technicians (29-2052.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (38)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- check information on prescriptions
- communicate by telephone
- communicate in healthcare
- communicate with customers
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- handle the logistics of medicinal products
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain adequate medication storage conditions
- maintain pharmaceutical records
- manage healthcare users' data
- medicines for self-medication
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- operate cash register
- prepare prescription labels
- process medical insurance claims
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- refer healthcare users
- report medication interaction to pharmacist
- respond to changing situations in health care
- take pharmaceutical inventory
- transfer medication
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional (14)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on poisoning incidents
- apply context specific clinical competences
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- manage schedule of tasks
- prepare doses of medication according to patient needs
- prepare intravenous packs
- prepare medication from prescription
- provide medication information
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- use foreign languages for health-related research
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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