Illinois Central College offers 12-Week Evening Course to Become a Pharmacy Technician
Illinois Central
College will soon start its fall session of the pharmacy technician
course. The 12-week long evening course is designed to accommodate
working students with evening class hours, and enable students to complete a
certificate in 12 weeks.
The pharmacy
technician course will be held on Mondays, beginning Sept. 9 through Nov. 25,
2019, from 6 to 10 p.m., at Hickory Hall on the ICC Peoria Campus, located at
5407 N. University St., Peoria. Cost of the course is $1,625, with
payment plans available. Cost includes tuition, Pharmacy Technician
textbook and workbook, a set of medication flashcards, and a set of medical
scrubs.
The course support
ICC’s effort to bridge the critical Peoria-area workforce gap. The end
goal of the course, and all ICC programs, is to place students into careers
with family-sustaining wages while giving them tools to succeed in the
process.
The course will
give students a solid foundation in the skills necessary for employment as a
pharmacy technician, and will prepare them for the Pharmacy Technician
Certification Board (PTCB) Exam. Students will receive training in the
origins and history of pharmacy, calculating doses, drug regulations and
controls, transcribing physician’s orders, correcting medication packaging, and
more.
Courses such as
these support ICC’s effort to bridge the critical Peoria-area workforce
gap. The end goal of all ICC programs is to place students into careers
with family-sustaining wages while giving them tools to succeed in the
process.
For more
information and to register, visit icc.edu/pdi/pharmtech. For questions
and payment plan options, contact ICC Dean of Corporate and Community Education
Julie Howar at (309) 690-6909.
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