Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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pharmacy technician
ESCO occupation · 38 essential, 14 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
maintain adequate medication storage conditions
listen actively
use e-health and mobile health technologies
transfer medication
maintain pharmaceutical records
prepare prescription labels
respond to changing situations in health care
communicate with customers
interact with healthcare users
ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products
refer healthcare users
deal with emergency care situations
contribute to continuity of health care
work in a multicultural environment in health care
manage the logistics of medicinal products
operate cash register
ensure safety of healthcare users
follow control of substances hazardous to health procedures
adhere to organisational guidelines
ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy
report medication interaction to pharmacist
empathise with the healthcare user
comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
communicate effectively in healthcare
process medical insurance claims
apply organisational techniques
obtain healthcare user's medical status information
manage healthcare users' data
communicate by telephone
work in multidisciplinary health teams
take pharmaceutical inventory
check information on prescriptions
comply with legislation related to health care
promote inclusion
follow clinical guidelines
accept own accountability
provide health education
medicines for self-medication
Optional & specialised skills
communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
apply context specific clinical competences
employ foreign languages for health-related research
inform policy makers on health-related challenges
provide medication information
advise on healthcare users' informed consent
apply health sciences
educate on the prevention of illness
prioritise tasks
prepare doses of medication according to patient needs
prepare intravenous packs
provide pharmaceutical advice
prepare medication from prescription
develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
Other matches: pharmacy assistant · specialist pharmacist · pharmacy lecturer · industrial pharmacist · veterinary technician
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.