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Pharmacy Technician Cerificate

8 Months On Campus Certificate Program

Vancouver Community College

Program Overview

This full time program prepares graduates for employment as pharmacy technicians in a variety of settings including community, hospital and long term care pharmacies. Graduates will have the skills, knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the technical and administrative functions required to provide patient-centred, outcomes-focussed pharmacy services. In addition, students learn to be responsible and accountable for ensuring patient safety and for accuracy and quality of product preparation and product release. Students learn to collaborate with other health care professionals in the promotion of wellness, disease prevention and chronic disease management. The program includes a practicum in a community and hospital pharmacy.

Program Key Stats

$2859 (Total cost)



Eligibility Criteria


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Additional Information & Requirements

Grade 12 graduation or equivalent, Chemistry 11 or equivalent with a C+ or higher within the last 10 years, Biology 12 or equivalent with a C+ or higher within the last 10 years Completion of the VCC Health Sciences Math assessment with 80% or higher, Certified keyboarding test with a speed of 40 net words per minute or higher with a maximum of 5 errors, Attend a program information session, Transcripts, Graduation Certificate or Diploma, Proof of English Proficiency, Portfolios, Reference Letters.

Career Options

  • Medical researcher
  • epidemiologist
  • pharmaceutical researcher
  • research scientist
  • bioinformatics developer and analyst
  • bioinformatics scientist
  • bioinformation programmer and other positions in the fields including: Pharmaceuticals Medical Technology Biotechnology Systems and Computational Biology Genomics
  • Proteomics and Metabolomics Computer and Information Science Biology Medical Information

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