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Overview
Pharmacy technicians support pharmacy work by checking incoming goods, controlling stock, handling medicines safely, storing pharmaceuticals correctly and, where permitted, dispensing medicines and advising on their use under pharmacist supervision.
In job descriptions, look for medicine stock control, incoming deliveries, storage routines, dispensing support, customer advice, prescription handling, pharmacy systems and work carried out under a pharmacist.
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Search jobsWork context
Pharmacy technician work is centred on medicines moving safely through a pharmacy or healthcare setting. Daily tasks can include deliveries, stock checks, storage temperatures, dispensing preparation, customer questions and handover to a pharmacist.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include careful medicine handling, stock control, prescription or order routines, clear customer communication, attention to storage requirements and knowing when a pharmacist must take over the clinical advice.
Salary context
Salary context depends on pharmacy setting, medicine range, stock responsibility, customer contact, dispensing duties, shift pattern, specialist storage work and the level of delegated responsibility under pharmacist supervision.
Career paths
Paths can move from stock and counter support into dispensing coordination, hospital pharmacy support, inventory control, purchasing routines, training of new assistants or specialist work with controlled storage processes.
Good to know
Check adverts for the pharmacy setting, supervision arrangements, dispensing tasks, customer contact, stock systems, storage rules, working hours and whether the role includes hospital, community or warehouse-style medicine flows.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for pharmacy technician work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Hospital activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include pharmacist, hospital pharmacist and radiographer.
Explore this activityRetail sale of pharmaceutical products
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include pharmacist and pharmacy assistant.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 3
Pharmacy Technicians
29-2052.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETPharmacists
29-1051.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETPharmacy Aides
31-9095.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
86.1Hospital activities47.73Retail sale of pharmaceutical products
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Pharmacists (2262)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7b74626d-b487-48a1-9e80-47faf9928210 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2262.2 |
| ISCO group | 2262 |
| Concept type | Occupation |