Is passing the PTCB exam enough to be a pharmacy technician in California?

Should I take pharmacy technician course before taking the exam?

• Im a Chemistry major and Im looking into a career in Pharmacy in California. I want a Pharmacy technician job real bad but my only job experience is as a busboy at a restaurant. I ...show more

• Answer:

  If it were me, I would want to take the pharmacy tech course before the exam which should really up one's chances of doing well on the test or even getting a passing grade. Please only consider taking advice or info from sites that are '.org' (usually means non-profit) as opposed to '.com' (usually means 'for-profit'). General career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and search 'pharmacy technicians' or such. Please steer clear of those private, expensive schools such as ITT tech as well as the online, for-profit schools such as keiser and such as they are merely out to 'make a profit'. Perhaps look at the county vo-tech school or community college. US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ http://www.ripoffreport.com and can type into search.