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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN <br />High School Diploma or GED Required - Hybrid Program <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <br />This program is designed for those students who desire knowledge and skills in the career as a Pharmacy Technician or related position. Offeredfully <br />on ground or hybrid. Upon completion of all requirements the student will be awarded a Certificate. <br />PROGRAM OBJECTIVES <br />This is an instructional program that prepares Individuals to support pharmacists by providing assistance during patient consultation, counter <br />dispensing operations, and prescription preparation: keeping patient and related health record information; and by performing a wide range of <br />practice -related duties. <br />OCCUPATIONAL OBJECTIVES <br />Pharmacy Technician graduates must become licensed by the California Board of Pharmacy to qualify to work as a Pharmacy Technician in the state <br />of California. Students will need to fill out an application, complete a Live Scan, provide a current picture, produce official high school transcripts, <br />and submit to a drug screen and background check. Licensed graduates will qualify to work as an entry level Pharmacy Technician in both hospital <br />and retail drugstore pharmacies. Licensed or unlicensed graduates will be qualified for employment as a pharmacy clerk. <br />EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS <br />FINANCIALAID <br />LECTURE HOURS <br />LABORATORY <br />EXTERNSHIP <br />TOTALACADEMIC <br />UNITS <br />HOURS <br />HOURS <br />HOURS& <br />For purposes of <br />CREDITS <br />Title IV <br />eligibility & <br />disbursements <br />COURSE TITLE/NUMBER <br />CLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />CLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />CLOCKJCREDITCLOCK <br />CREDIT <br />FACREDITPT248 <br />Medical Terminology, Healthcare Law <br />90 <br />6 <br />0 <br />00 <br />6 <br />3 <br />& Ethics <br />PT241 Anatomy & Physiology <br />90 <br />6 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />6 <br />3 <br />PT242 Career & Professional Development <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />4 <br />3 <br />PT243 Pharmacology <br />90 <br />6 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />6 <br />3 <br />PT244 Pharmacy Compounding <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />4 <br />3 <br />PT245 Pharmacy Calculations <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />4 <br />3 <br />PT246 Sterile Product/Chemotherapy/ <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />Hazardous Products Preparation <br />PT247 Procurement & Pharmacy Informatics <br />30 <br />2 <br />60 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />4 <br />3 <br />/ Inventory Control & Insurance Billing <br />PT226R Pharmacy Technician Externship 1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />2 <br />90 <br />2 <br />2 <br />PT227R Pharmacy Technician Externship It <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />90 <br />2 <br />90 <br />2 <br />2 <br />TOTALS <br />420 <br />28 <br />300 <br />1 10 <br />180 <br />4 <br />900 <br />42 <br />28 <br />900 HOURS CIP CODE: 51.0805 <br />MAXIMUM STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO LECTURE-45:1 LAB-24:1 <br />SOC - O"NET: 29-2052 <br />40 WEEKS TO COMPLETE <br />This program prepares graduates for the following occupation: Pharmacy Technician https://www.onetonline.org/link/­summary/­29-2052.00 <br />To work as a pharmacy technician in California, you must possess and keep current a license as a pharmacy technician, This license does not require <br />additional testing. To apply for licensure, you must complete at least 240 hours of instruction as specified In section 1793.6 (c) of Title 16 of the <br />California Code of Regulations. <br />CLASSROOM/LAB EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES <br />Tables and chairs, White Boards/ Projector, Appropriate <br />posters. Computer lab with computers and printer available to <br />all programs. <br />PROGRAM -SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES <br />Pill Counter, Oral Syringes, Mortar and Pestle, Conical Cylinders, <br />Graduated Cylinders, Spatulas, Pipettes, Beakers, Sterile Gloves, <br />Torsion Balance and Weights, Bottles with Child -Resistant Caps, <br />Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Sharps Containers, Sterile Water <br />for Injection, Demo Dose Powder, Intravenous Bags, Laminar Flow <br />Hood <br />nrerCoasl Colleges stlm i Catalog 66 1 Page <br />