Pharmacy assistants are exposed to a wide variety of tasks that include working with customers with specialised health and well-being needs as well as personal care and grooming requirements. The role of the pharmacy assistant draws on a combination of skills and knowledge spanning customer service, marketing, dispensing, administration and business management.
SIR30116 - Certificate III in Community Pharmacy and SIR40116 - Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy may attract government subsidies please contact the Training Department on 08 8304 8300 or email us at trainingsa@sa.guild.org.au for a pre-enrolment kit.
Pharmacy assistants undertake a wide variety of tasks that include working with customers with specialised health and well-being needs as well as personal care and grooming requirements. The role of a pharmacy assistant, draws on a combination of skills and knowledge spanning customer service, marketing, dispensing, administration and business management.
This unit of competency, commonly referred to as S2/S3, is required to be completed by staff who supply pharmacy medicines and assist the pharmacist to supply pharmacist only medicines as part of the Quality Care Pharmacy Program (QCPP).
SIR20116 - Certificate II in Community Pharmacy -Provides a foundation in customer service and retail skills and entry-level health knowledge needed to work as part of a community pharmacy team.
SIR30116 - Certificate III in Community Pharmacy is designed to update and expand product and health knowledge, advanced customer service and provide specialised skills in key areas of community pharmacy practice.
SIR30116 - Certificate III in Community Pharmacy may attract government subsides please contact the Training Department on 08 8304 8300 or email us at trainingsa@sa.guild.org.au for a pre-enrolment kit.
This qualification will benefit experienced pharmacy assistants who are looking to develop the management skills needed to coordinate pharmacy operations and lead staff, as well as provide specialised, advanced skills across key pharmacy areas.
The dispensary assistant undertakes an essential role in the dispensing of prescription medicines to the community. Under the direct supervision of the pharmacist the dispensary assistants assists in the selection, processing and labelling of the prescription medicine.
To support this important role Guild Training has developed a range of specialised courses to ensure that dispensary assistants around Australia have the skills and knowledge to work with the pharmacist in dispensing these important medicines.
The Course ‘Vaccination services delivered by Pharmacists’ has been approved by the SA Department of Health and Wellbeing to train, mentor and coach Pharmacists in the techniques required to conduct a vaccination service within a Community Pharmacy.
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is a nationally Registered Training Organisation (RTO 0452)