Pharmacy Technician/Assistant

Pharmacy Technician/Assistant is a certificate program (one to two years) offered at Skagit Valley College, a public institution in Mount Vernon, WA. This program falls within the pharmacy technician field (CIP 51.0805) and prepares students to assist licensed pharmacists in dispensing medications, managing inventory, and processing prescriptions in retail, hospital, and clinical pharmacy settings.

Skagit Valley College also offers programs in Baking and Pastry Arts, Culinary Arts, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology. Students in the pharmacy technician program can expect coursework in pharmaceutical calculations, drug classifications, pharmacy law and ethics, prescription processing, and compounding procedures, providing the knowledge base needed to pursue state certification and employment as a pharmacy technician.