Any pharmacy techs out there? How exactly do you become a pharmacy tech?

i used to be a pharmacy tech at right aid. i walked in off the street and asked for the job. they sent me to training classes to learn what i needed to know to help the pharmasist (and they told me that some states require certification, some dont) training for me was free, and paid.

I work as a shift supervisor at CVS/Pharmacy. A Pharmacy Technician is a very low level job. You really get hired as a PT and then trained on the job. You basically just ring out customers by retrieving their prescriptions and having them sign for them and answering basic questions. The Pharmacist is always on duty to answer the real questions. There are many certifications you get along the way and you eventually can start filling prescriptions yourself. It's just learning on the job and getting trained and certified on the Pharmacy's schedule.

Prepares students for an entry-level position in a retail or hospital pharmacy setting. Students will learn pharmaceutical terminology and abbreviations, routes of medication administration, basic biopharmaceutics, aseptic techniques, prescription and order processing. They will also be trained to assist pharmacists in various activities such as maintaining patient records, setting up packaging and labelling medication doses and filling and dispensing routine orders for stock supplies.Upon program completion, students may apply to take the national certification exam given by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).