Pharmacy Technician

Overview

Prepare for a career as a pharmacy technician. The need for Pharmacy Technicians continues to grow with demand expected to increase substantially through 2024. Technicians work under the supervision of a registered pharmacist in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other healthcare settings. This high demand for pharmacy technicians is the result of a multitude of factors including the constant availability of new drugs, the national shortage of registered pharmacists, the establishment of certified pharmacy technicians, and the aging population.

Approximately 400,000 technicians will be employed by the year 2024 to meet our nation’s growing healthcare demands.

Summer 2025 – Fort Drum Class – In seat
June 9, 2025 – July 16, 2025
Classes run Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 9:00am - 12:30pm

Course Contact

Hours:

50 hours
Clinical Externship

Hours:

80 hours

Cost: $999 (textbook included)

Registration Closes: May 30, 2025

This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names.

Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the “top 200 drugs”, I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.

Caring Gene Career Pathways Training (CPT) program provides full coverage for tuition and books to those new to or advancing their careers in any of 13 approved CPT health, behavioral health, and social care career fields in New York State. For program information view the program flyer or visit www.

Caring Gene.org. Simply fill out the interest form to get started. Students are not required to complete the FAFSA and/or TAP for this non-credit training program. To qualify for the program, students must commit to a three-year service commitment with a healthcare, behavioral health, or social care network provider in New York State that serves a patient population of at least 30% Medicaid/uninsured individuals.

Additionally, students must complete their training program by Spring 2027 and fulfill the service requirement by 2031.

Interested individuals must apply for funding through the Workforce Investment Organization (WIO) assigned to their region, based on the county of their primary address. Below is a list of counties supported by each WIO. Counties located in Region 2 are eligible for Caring Gene CPT funding (Albany, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St.

Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, and Washington).

MyCAA funding may apply for qualified individuals. Note this scholarship will NOT pay for the textbooks. Textbook expenses will be the financial responsibility of the student. For this course, textbook cost is $150. MyCAA Education and Training Plans (ETPs) must be submitted at least 4 weeks prior to the training start date to MyCAA for consideration for funding within the training program.

Army Credentialing Assistance (CA) Program may apply for qualified individuals.

Note:

To be eligible to use CA for Fall Pharmacy Technician Training, start date June 9, 2025, and end date July 16, 2025, the Soldier must have an ETS no earlier than August 16, 2025, and must submit the Credentialing Assistance Request between March 11, 2025 – April 25, 2025.

Traditional Army tuition assistance, GI Bill funding and traditional college financial aid does not apply.

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

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