Program Overview
Become a Pharmacy Technician with at home training
from Penn Foster Career School.
You'll 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.
Flexible, Convenient, Self-Paced!
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.
Respected and Accredited
You'll earn your Pharmacy Technician Career Diploma from
Regionally and Nationally Accredited Penn Foster Career
School. Over 13 million students have enrolled in our
training programs, making Penn Foster one of the world's
largest and most respected distance learning
institutions.
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 Indiana, Nevada, North Dakota, South
Carolina, and Utah, State Boards of Pharmacy may impose
a variety of different requirements for pharmacy
technician training. The state of 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.
Contact Penn Foster Today.
We’ll send you FREE
information – with absolutely no obligation! Find
out more about Penn Foster's Pharmacy Technician
training that includes:
- All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning
aids you need
- Work experience option
- Unlimited, toll-free instructional support
- Access to student services by website, phone,
and mail
