Course Overview: This course trains students to assist licensed pharmacists with preparing medications, interacting with customers, and managing prescription records, ensuring that medications are dispensed safely and efficiently.

Demand & Relevance: The demand for pharmacy technicians is increasing as pharmacies expand their role in providing patient care, such as managing chronic diseases, immunizations, and wellness screenings.

Job Opportunities: Graduates can find employment in retail pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, long-term care facilities, and mail-order pharmacies.

Course Synopsis

This course provides the student with the skills that are important in assisting the pharmacist in the preparation and dispensing of medications. Students will be trained in how to interpret prescription hardcopies, pharmacy calculations, process a prescription, pharmacy laws, and compound and package medications. This course includes the HIPAA Privacy Act, the medication ordering process, and inventories. Upon successful completion of this course, Pee Dee Medical Training Center of LC will provide the student with a certificate of completion. Also, students who complete the course and pay the LLR fee can apply to the state for registration. This is a South Carolina register only.

Course Hours:

In person lecture

160 clinical hours 

Course Schedule :

Students must come to PeeDee Medical Career Training Center for the skill/lab two days a week. Students will also
attend clinical.

Add Date
Late registration is taken into consideration if seats are available.

Drop Date
If students wish to cancel enrollment, it must be done in writing. PDMCTC must be contacted within 3 business days of signing the enrollment agreement to receive a full Refund. After the 3rd day, $100.00 will be retained for the registration fee. The refund of payment may take up to 40 days.

Prerequisite:

Next Class:

Jan 12, 2026 – April 6, 2026
May 11, 2026 – August 3, 2026
September 14, 2026 – December 7, 2026

Tuition:

$1250
Payment Options Are Available.

Additional Fees:

Tuition does not include:
Textbook, Supplies, First Aid, CPR , PPD, SLED, Drug Screen and National Exam

Note:

We will provide graduates with information on how to get on the state Pharmacy Technician Registry.