Program Description

This program is designed for students wanting to complete a Certificate in Pharmacy Technician and enter the workforce. This certificate provides the advanced level of pharmacy technician training. This program will prepare you to perform pharmacy-related functions, generally working under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist. Our training includes both didactic and simulated components along with a clinical component. Our curriculum prepares students to work in both community and institutional pharmacy settings. This program will also prepare you to sit to take the Pharmacy Technician National Examination. Upon successful completion of the Pharmacy Technician Program, the student is awarded a certificate of completion in Advanced Pharmacy Technician from Front Range Community College. Our program also offers an ACPE - National Sterile Compounding Certification Course, which you can take after you have completed your pharmacy technician courses or you have taken the National Pharmacy Technician Certification exam. Students can enter the program in the fall or spring semester. FRCC is committed to meeting the pharmacy technician needs of the community it serves.

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What You Will Learn

Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
1.  Apply, communicate and demonstrate personal/interpersonal knowledge and skills
2.  Demonstrate, explain, identify and practice foundational professional knowledge and skills
3.  Apply, demonstrate and perform the processing and handling of medications and medication orders
4.  Apply, assist, explain and identify patient care, quality and safety knowledge and skills
5.  Describe and explain regulatory and compliance knowledge and skills

My Academic Plan

Courses are displayed in a part-time sequence providing flexibility for the working professional. Follow the pathway below to complete your certificate. This pathway may be accelerated by applying transfer credit, credit for prior learning, and/or completing one or more additional courses each semester. For more information please see your Academic Advisor.

Fall Semester 1

Spring Semester 2