Pharmacy Technicians, task by task.
The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.
Also filed here18
- pharmacy clerk
- drug coordinator
- pharmacist assistant
- pharmacist technician
- pharmacy technologist
- compounding technician
- pharmacy service associate
- accredited pharmacy technician
- pharmacy laboratory technician
- pharmacy technician pharm tech
- certified pharmacy technician cpht
- rpht registered pharmacy technician
- or pharmacy tech operating room pharmacy tech
- retail pharmacy tech retail pharmacy technician
- and 4 more
- SOC code
- 29-2052.00
- Activities scored
- 6
- In O*NET
- 21 activities
- Activities an agent can take on
- 4
- Grounded in
- O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Pharmacy TechniciansSOC 29-2052.00
Process insurance claims and billingWhat can do this →
88% agentMostly automatable
Enter prescription and patient dataWhat can do this →
85% agentMostly automatable
Manage inventory and suppliesWhat can do this →
64% agentPartly automatable
Answer customer inquiriesWhat can do this →
64% agentPartly automatable
Prepare and dispense medicationsWhat can do this →
25% you keepBarely automatable
Maintain sterile conditions and equipmentWhat can do this →
15% you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents 4 need no setup
Insurance Processing Agent
Billing and reimbursement software · Microsoft Excel · Database software
No integration needed
Data Entry Agent
Patient record maintenance software · Prescription processing software · Database software
No integration needed
Inventory Management Agent
Pharmacy management software · Microsoft Excel · Database software
No integration needed
Customer Service Agent
Chat · Email · Pharmaceutical software
No integration needed
You keep this
Verify prescription accuracy and patient safetyPerform physical medication preparation and compoundingMaintain sterile technique for IV preparationsHandle controlled substances and security protocols
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
Start with these three
The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
The full activity list
All 21 detailed work activities O*NET records for Pharmacy Technicians, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.
Mostly automatable 9
Partly automatable 6
| Activity | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment | 16 |
| Maintain supply or equipment inventories | 11 |
| Provide information to the general public | 10 |
| Monitor availability of equipment or supplies | 10 |
| Provide customers with general information or assistance | 9 |
| Merchandise healthcare products or services | 5 |
Barely automatable 6
| Activity | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Maintain medical equipment or instruments | 24 |
| Deliver items | 21 |
| Prepare medications or medical solutions | 12 |
| Sterilize medical equipment or instruments | 12 |
| Clean medical equipment or facilities | 12 |
| Arrange delivery of goods or services | 11 |