Certificate II in Community Pharmacy

Course outline

The Certificate II in Community Pharmacy will provide those seeking to

work in a community pharmacy with the basic skills required to work as a pharmacy assistant.

This qualification has been designed to provide the learner with a solid range of both pharmacy and retail skills to ensure that they can operate effectively in a community pharmacy.

This qualification will provide the skills needed to be a productive member of a pharmacy team and the knowledge needed to provide customers with quality health care information and advice.

A major part of a pharmacy assistant's role is to interact with customers and find out how the pharmacy can best meet their needs.

Pharmacy assistants are responsible for a wide range of duties, including accepting prescriptions, providing information on infant care, pharmacy-only medicines, wound care, vitamin supplements and giving beauty advice.

 This course is delivered at Burnie High School (BHS) over two days for term 1 and then split into a day at BHS and a day in a local pharmacy for the remainder of the course.

Entry requirements

There are no formal entry requirements; however

applicants would be expected to have a minimum

Year 10 education level with good English skills.