It will give you the skills and knowledge for a senior pharmacy technician role in a hospital or community pharmacy. It will help you to further support the provision of safe, patient-centred healthcare. It is also a stepping stone to further study in pharmacy.

You can only study this qualification if you have completed the New Zealand Certificate in Pharmacy (Pharmacy Technician - Core) (Level 4).

What you will learn

When you achieve this pharmacy technician qualification you will be able to:

• communicate appropriately and effectively with other health care professionals and their staff
• apply knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and medicines used in the treatment of health disorders
• understand how medicines work and affect body systems
• apply critical thinking and problem solving processes to achieve appropriate 
• manage inventory and order new inventory when required.

Study pathways

Once you have completed this programme, you could do further study at Level 6 in pharmacy with another institution.