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How exposed to AI is a Pharmacy Technician?

Of the 21 tasks O*NET lists for pharmacy technicians, 4 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 8 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Accredited Pharmacy TechnicianCertified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)Chemotherapy Pharmacy Technician (Chemo Pharmacy Technician)Compounding TechnicianOR Pharmacy Tech (Operating Room Pharmacy Tech)RPhT (Registered Pharmacy Technician)
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
21
tasks rated for this occupation
4%
hold a degree, from a survey of 31
437k
people do this job in the US
17 of 89
least protected in healthcare practitioners

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

4
  • Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate
  • Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests
  • Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers
  • Price and file prescriptions that have been filled

Only with software built on top

9
  • Enter prescription information into computer databases
  • Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients
  • Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information
  • Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer
  • Compute charges for medication or equipment dispensed to hospital patients and enter data in computer
  • Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records
  • Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers and label the containers
  • Maintain and merchandise home healthcare products or services
  • Price stock and mark items for sale

Cannot be sped up

8
  • Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs
  • Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages
  • Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions
  • Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods
  • Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels
  • Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques
  • Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication
  • Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.