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What is the best study guide for the Pharmacy technician test?

Can I become a pharmacy technician without going to school?

  • Would it be possible to just study for the certification test and pass it? Or do I need a Pharmacy Technician Certificate before I can take the test? I know "it's gonna ...show more

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    You do NOT need to go to college or take special courses to be come a pharmacy tech or take the certification test. I know from experience! I do NOT recommend taking the certification test (PTCE) without working as a tech first. There ARE places that will hire you to be a tech with no formal education, no experience, and no license. Most retail drugstores offer paid on-the-job training! Actually working as a tech is the absolute best way to prepare for the test! And you don't want to have to take the PTCE more than once. . .it costs $129.

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Some pharmacy techs have only on the job training but many employers favor formal training and certification. Only if you take the exam, state or national-and pass you become CPhT. Different states have different requirements. So you DO NOT have to go to school unless your state or employer requires it. You can do on the job training which may require a certain number of hours to sit for the exam to be Certified- or not. So the other answers are correct. Good Luck!!! Do a quick search for the State Board of Pharmacy requirements of PhT and/or CPhT for your state.

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No... there are some fields where u can "challenge" the test (like CNA) but with this NO. you have to take an approved course/school before you can sit for the test. Pharmacy techs courses however may only last for a few months thou... and they make a nice chump of change in relation to how long u have to be in school...

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