3213-Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants

Main Tasks include -

• (a) preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional
• (b) dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other health porfessioanls
• (c) receiving prescriptions or refill requests from health professionals and verifying that information is complete and accurate according to medical records keeping standards
• (c) maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
• (e) filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications
• (f) assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist for medication information
• (g) pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establish and maintaining patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients
• (h) ordering, labelling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems
• (i) cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds.