Don't expect to get a lot of training, especially if you are working at a busy pharmacy. I got a pharmacy tech job with no experience at Hy-Vee (it's all about who you know!
) and they tell me "Oh, you can just come in tomorrow around 9." There was no formal training. At. All. They started off with me just counting pills and then randomly they would jsut say, "Oh, can you get the drive thru? Can you get the phone for me? Go check those people out at the register." Uh...ok....how exactly do I work this register?
So I don't mean to scare you as we are extremely busy and your place of work may have more time to properly train you. But ask about what kinds fo things they will be wanting you to do from day to day and ask how to do them upfront, that way you aren't stuck and have absolutely no idea what to do. Because my first day suckkkeedddd. But it quickly got better.
I think one thing that helped me (and made the pharmacists happy) was learning how to simply PRONOUNCE the drugs. Whenever you encounter a drug that you don't know how to pronounce, either ask someone or look it up online when you get home. That way when a customer says, "What drugs are due for a refill?" You won't be like "uh....amoxi...something...." Haha!
