Pharmaceutical assistant
Pharmaceutical assistant EFZ is a teaching profession in Switzerland. The training lasts three years. The occupation is assigned to the occupational field "Sales". The pharmaceutical assistant corresponds to the German pharmaceutical-commercial employee .
History of training
- Pharmacy assistants (regulations of December 30, 1961, repealed)
- Pharmaceutical assistant from June 22, 1990 to December 31, 2006
- Pharmaceutical assistant EFZ since January 1, 2007
conditions
The following requirements are placed on prospective pharmaceutical assistants:
- Completed elementary school, top level (middle school level with very good performance)
- Enjoyment of advice and contact with people
- Interest in scientific contexts and health issues
- Sense of responsibility, awareness of hygiene
- Secrecy, discretion
- Teamwork
The recommended starting age is 16 years.
structure
The three learning locations are company, inter-company courses and vocational school . The inter-company courses comprise a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 15 days of 8 hours.
The emergency helper course must be completed and paid for privately up to the qualification procedure (= final examination).
Vocational school
In the first year of the apprenticeship, the apprentices attend the vocational school 2 days a week, from the second year onwards on one day per week.
The theory includes a .:
- Natural science
- Pharmacy
- Parapharmacy
- Operational work
- Commercial knowledge
- languages
Qualification process
The qualification procedure (the final apprenticeship examination) consists of examinations for the following qualification areas:
- Competencies (final assessment)
- Practical work
- Professional knowledge (written and oral)
- Local language (oral and experience grade )
- Foreign language (oral and experience grade)
- Economy, law, society (experience grade)
activities
The diverse activities include a.
- Sales and individual advice
- Store goods, reorder goods if necessary
- Label products
- Prescription medication
- Product display
- Create simple recipes
Training opportunities
- Pharmaceutical operations assistant with federal diploma Qualification
- Second training in related teaching occupation
- higher technical School
- Dipl. Druggist HF
- University of applied sciences (vocational diploma required)
- Physiotherapist / in
- Dietitians / in
- Food technologist
- biotechnology
Individual evidence
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