Pharmacy Technician – Bakersfield

Becoming a Pharmacy Technician through courses at High Desert Medical College will prepare you to enter one of the fastest-growing professions in the health care industry. HDMC students can enter the job market successfully with a program involving classroom theory lab procedures and externship. Our Pharmacy Technician students are prepped for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam which gives them the Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification. Our graduates also receive their California License when they graduate, pending they have no criminal background, which may delay the process.

Career Highlights & Opportunity
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will perform administrative and clinical tasks to support pharmacies from patient interaction to working with the pharmacists. Pharmacy Technicians assist licensed pharmacists in measuring, mixing, counting, labeling, and recording the correct dosages of prescription medications. They may receive and verify prescriptions or refill requests from patients and doctors’ offices. Other job responsibilities include verifying inventory, processing medical insurance forms, and operating cash registers to accept payments from customers.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks Pharmacy Technicians among the fastest growing occupations over the 2012-2022 decade. Employment is projected to grow 20% – much faster than the average job ranking. As of 2012, Pharmacy Technicians held about 355,300 jobs with career opportunities in the following employment categories:

Retail Pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacy
Community Pharmacy
Laboratory Pharmacy
Compounding Pharmacy
Nuclear Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative