Pharmacy Technical Assistant

Interest in purchasing and requisitioning food, equipment and other supplies, in assisting with supervision of personnel who prepare and serve food, and in inspecting work areas and storage facilities to ensure sanitary standards

Interest in assisting dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems

Interest in compiling data to plan menus and diets for individuals and groups under the direction of dietitians and nutritionists; and in helping patients complete menus

Interest in precision working with fabrication and laboratory equipment to design, fabricate, clean and restore ocular prostheses; and in repairing and maintaining fabrication and laboratory equipment

Interest in analyzing data to design and fabricate artificial eyes that match natural eyes, and to fit patients with ocular prostheses; and in consulting with ophthalmologists concerning surgical insertion of ocular prostheses

Interest in speaking with patients concerning the loss of depth perception and the care and use of ocular prostheses

Interest in precision working with equipment to make and modify plaster casts of areas to receive prostheses and orthoses, to fabricate prosthetic and orthotic appliances and to fit, adjust and repair appliances

Interest in analyzing physicians' specifications; and in examining and measuring patients to develop working sketches of appliances

Interest in supervising and directing the activities of prosthetic and orthotic technicians; and in advising patients in the use and care of prostheses and orthoses

Interest in precision working with machine and hand tools to repair, rebuild and modify prosthetic and orthotic appliances and orthopedic footwear and to fit, adjust and repair appliances

Interest in analyzing information taken from body and limb measurements to build prosthetic and orthotic appliances using a variety of materials such as metals, plastics and leathers

Interest in speaking with patients to ensure that prosthetic and orthotic appliances fit comfortably during trial fittings; and in building custom-designed components and appliances as directed

Interest in assisting pharmacists by labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations, and by unpacking and storing supplies and verifying items received against invoices

Interest in compiling information to compound, mix and formulate ointments, solutions, lotions, mouthwashes and other medications under the supervision of pharmacists

Interest in handling scales, weights and measures to ensure correct amounts of ingredients are present in formulas and prescriptions