Jobs / Healthcare / 29-2052.00
Pharmacy Technicians
Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.
- US jobs
- 471,680
- Median wage
- $45,750 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of pharmacy technicians?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 19%Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or productsNot measured
- 15%Prepare mixtures or solutionsNot measured
- 15%Perform administrative or clerical activitiesNot measured
- 11%Execute financial transactionsNot measured
- 10%Process digital or online dataNot measured
- 6%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 5%Sell products or servicesNot measured
- 3%Verify personal informationNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
- Enter prescription information into computer databases.
- Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
- Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
- Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information.
- Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers.
- Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
- Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
- Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
- Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
Other job titles for this occupation (18)
Accredited Pharmacy Technician · Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) · Chemotherapy Pharmacy Technician (Chemo Pharmacy Technician) · Compounding Technician · OR Pharmacy Tech (Operating Room Pharmacy Tech) · RPhT (Registered Pharmacy Technician) · Compounding Pharmacy Tech (Compounding Pharmacy Technician) · Drug Coordinator · Hospital Pharmacy Tech (Hospital Pharmacy Technician) · Inpatient Pharmacy Tech (Inpatient Pharmacy Technician) · Pharmacist Assistant · Pharmacist Technician · Pharmacy Clerk · Pharmacy Laboratory Technician · Pharmacy Service Associate · Pharmacy Technician (Pharm Tech) · Pharmacy Technologist · Retail Pharmacy Tech (Retail Pharmacy Technician)