Pharmacy Technician Certification

J.O.B.S. in partnership with ed2go offers online education courses designed to provide the workforce with sustainable skills necessary to enter a new field or advance students’ current career. Our online advanced career training courses provide the most effective online training. Students are assigned a student advisor who will assist the students with setting an achievable study/completion schedule.

Cost Explanation

J.O.B.S. receive subsidized by local, state, or federal funds, or funding by any person, firm, association, or agency other than the student enrolled. There is no charge to enroll women (student) who are unemployed, underemployed, or live in underserved communities (students) for any of the J.O.B.S. offered career training programs or job-readiness courses.

The students will not pay program tuition, fees, supplies, exams, and study materials. J.O.B.S. will pay (on the students’ behalf) the partners, vendors, and suppliers for educational material, services and/or resources.

Pharmacy Technician Certification

How to be accepted into J.O.B.S. / ed2go my Pharmacy Technician Certification career training course?

Applicants must provide evidence (government issued / legal documentation) of being at least 18 years old and Texas Resident

Applicants must provide proof of successful completion of secondary education (high school diploma or GED certificate)

Applicants must complete the 8850 Work Opportunity Credit form (validation will be apart of background screening)

Applicants must provide (2) forms of photo identification and a social security card

Applicants must complete the 123test: Career Aptitude Test and Learning Styles Quiz then submit the results to the Enrollment department 

Applicants must complete a school admission virtual meeting with School Director (OR) Enrollment Coach to discuss results of student application & Career Aptitude and Learning Styles  

Applicants must register with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy as a pharmacy technician trainee

Applicants must pass a criminal background check that included submission of fingerprints

Enrollment Requirement (student non-funded) 

Applicants who have been convicted of any felony will not be considered for admission to the J.O.B.S.

Applicants must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Due to the nature of our mission, and our source of funding, one of the key entrance requirements of all applicants, is the applicant MUST meet one of the following conditions: 

– Unemployed

– Underemployed

– Resident of underserved community

Non-Discrimination Policy

Due to our mission being the targeted population of women in underserved communities (unemployed or underemployed), we have tailored all our marketing, advertisement, community involvement partnerships to increase our student applications for our targeted population. 

J.O.B.S. does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran’s status, sex, or sexual orientation in admission to and participation in its educational programs, school activities and services, or its employment practices.  

However, we will not discriminate or deny entrance to any of our courses, as long as, the applicant meet one of the following conditions: 

  • Unemployed
  • Underemployed
  • Resident of underserved community

Pharmacy Technician Certification Course Overview

The Pharmacy Technician Certification Course will prepare aspiring pharmacy technicians in how to assist the pharmacist in the packing and distribution of medication. Students will receive didactic and hands-on training to develop the skills necessary for employment in the field. This pharmacy technician training program will prepare students for entry-level pharmacy technician positions by teaching students medical and pharmaceutical terminology, basic anatomy related to the pharmacology of medications, and pharmaceutical calculations.  

Throughout this course, students will obtain hands-on practice in retail pharmacy procedures through an online lab module. Students will learn what information is necessary to process prescriptions and physician orders and apply that knowledge to fill mock prescriptions. The curriculum in this online pharmacy technician course also includes the ethics of pharmacy practice and education about prescription medications, patient care and interaction, and charges and reimbursement.  The curriculum in this online pharmacy technician course also includes the ethics of pharmacy practice and education about prescription medications, patient care and interaction, and charges and reimbursement.

To earn a certificate in Pharmacy Technician, students must complete 434 course hours of training with a passing grade.

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Labs & NHA Virtual Simulations

ed2go/J.O.B.S. Pharmacy Lab Kits 

After 3 months into the course (approximately 13th week of course), the didactic portion of the course will begin. Ed2go will send students the pharmacy lab kit (eScience) to the students’ mailing addess.  

NHA/J.O.B.S. PharmaSeer

Provides interactive games, flashcards, quizzes, study guide activities and several interactive methods of learning the top 200 dispensed drugs to reinforce learning within each module for the NHA ExCPT exam.  J.O.B.S. has purchased NHA PharmaSeer Math for our students, which includes a Pharmacy Calculations Lab that provides step-by-step solutions to common pharmacy calculations to help students better understand how to approach medication dosage problems and immersive simulations to reinforce the learning objectives from each module.