Pharmacy tech employment is growing at a fast speed, and it is becoming an attractive job for people, who are from medical line, pharmacy technicians provide help to the pharmacists in preparing prescription, providing customer services, and they can help in performing administrative duties. A pharmacy technician generally receives the prescription request; he/she also counts the tablets and labels the bottles of the medicines. While the pharmacy aides look out at the administrative duties and perform the administrative tasks like looking after the cash register and performing the front desk job like answering the phone calls.

Educational qualification, which one is supposed to hold to be a pharmacy technician, is high school diploma, knowledge about names of drugs, medical terminology, and regular dosage range and dosage strength. One should also have the basic computer knowledge and typing skills, one need to have the registration from the California State Board of Pharmacy technician to ahead with this career. They need to have on the job training for 3 to 12 months and need to have the certification from a registered board or university.

Pharmacy technicians receive prescriptions from patients and doctors; they get written-prescription requests and electronic prescriptions from patients and doctors as well. In some states, they have permission to provide help on phones. Technicians must make sure that the information, which is there on prescription, is accurate. When the technician prepares the prescription then the pharmacist needs to check it before filing it. In this way, there will be no faults in the prescription. Technicians can refer the pharmacist for any queries regarding drug's name, quantity etc. Technician can maintain the patient's profile and can prepare insurance claim forms for the patient.

Pharmacy technicians prepare prescriptions and also prepare medicine mixes. However, in hospitals and other medical centers their work increases, as they also have to assist the nursing staff and prepare the mix for the sterile solutions. Pharmacy tech employment is a field, where the technicians work in a clean and organized area. They require rooms with good lighting for their work. It is not an easy field to work on; as if the prescription is at fault then the technician can get rusticated from the job. Technician's working schedule may vary; they can have day shift or night shift. Some may also work on part time basis.

Under Pharmacy tech employment, around 400000 people are employed all over the world. Moreover, it is increasing at a growth rate of 5% every year. In addition, estimations are there that the requirement for pharmacy technicians will grow at the rate 25% in next 7 years. More and more people require help from pharmacy technicians, as new drugs are entering in the market. Hour basis payment is made to the pharmacy technicians. Per hour, income may range from $9 to $18 approximately. Payment keeps on increasing as the experience and working-hours increases. Certified technicians earn more than non-certified technicians do. Therefore, if one is planning to get into the career of pharmacy technician then one should take into consideration that more certification and more experience will lead to more income.