Get the training you need to work closely with pharmacists in providing medication and health care products to patients. Whether you'll work for a retail pharmacy, local druggist, grocery store, or hospital, you'll be an important part of a rewarding profession.

Our Pharmacy Technician training program provides you the skills you need to succeed and even offers a Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Review.

You’ll learn how to:

• Receive prescriptions from doctors and hospitals.
  
• Prepare prescriptions for patients.
  
• Verify insurance and prescription information.
  
• Assist the pharmacist with everyday duties.
  

There is no going to class, no need to rearrange schedules. You choose the right time and place to complete your coursework. And you work at your own pace. There's no one to rush you or hold you back.

While you'll work independently, you won't be alone. Expert instructors and support staff — dedicated to helping you complete your coursework — are just a phone call or an email away.

Certification Eligibility
Graduates of the Penn Foster Pharmacy Technician Program are automatically eligible to take the PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) examination. You will also receive the Pharmacy Technician Workbook and Certification Review. This workbook is the only Pharmacy Technician workbook officially endorsed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).

State Licensing Requirements
For residents of Florida, Indiana, Nevada, South Carolina, and Utah, State Boards of Pharmacy may impose a variety of different requirements for pharmacy technician training. The states of North Dakota and Washington will not consider the training received in this program adequate to fulfill pharmacy technician credentialing requirements. You should contact the State Board of Pharmacy to obtain the requirements applicable to pharmacy technicians in your state.