Pharmacy Technicians
Job description
These individuals perform technical, administrative, and clinical tasks. They support Pharmacists by fulfilling management responsibilities. They work for:
- Hospital centres
- University health and social services centres (CIUSSS)
- Pharmacies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Biological agents
Main tasks
- Prepare medications and ensure their distribution.
- Help the Pharmacist provide care.
- Establish quality control and risk management measures.
- Process requests and orders.
- Manage technical staff at the pharmacy.
- Carry out inventories and monitor the supply chain, storage, and stocks.
- Manage the use of IT systems and equipment.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.50
- Median
- $20.00
- Maximum
- $26.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
10,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 87.5% Female
- 12.5% Male
Not available.
- 87.5% Female
- 12.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$39,200
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 44, 4584% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6239% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3252% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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NAICS 411% of jobs
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Others3% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 44, 4584% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6239% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3252% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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NAICS 411% of jobs
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Others3% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Bachelor’s degree or diploma of college studies
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of the existing computerized system may be required or considered an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Reading comprehension
- Oral expression
- Monitoring operations
- Troubleshooting
- Result evaluation
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Social perception
- Judgment and decision-making
- Coordination
- Active learning
- Mathematics
- Service oriented
- Human resource management
- Teaching
- Equipment maintenance
- Written expression
- Time management
- Repair
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Oral comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Verbal skills
- Hand-arm stability
- Visualization
- Speech clarity
- Digital dexterity
- Inductive reasoning
- Memorization
- Manual dexterity
- Speech recognition
- Written comprehension
- Limb coordination
- Control accuracy
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Written expression
- Core strength
- Originality
- Depth perception
- Colour perception and distinction
- Hearing sensitivity
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Commitment
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work with numbers
- Assist and advise
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
- Conduct tests and trials, control processes
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 32124
Pharmacy technicians
Job titles
- Pharmacy technician
- Pharmaceutical technician
- Pharmacy technician supervisor
- Certified pharmacy technician
- Regulated pharmacy technician
- Senior pharmacy technician
Skill type
Health
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