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
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
Manage inventory and suppliesWhat can do this →
64% · agentPartly automatable
Answer customer inquiriesWhat can do this →
64% · agentPartly automatable
25% · you keepBarely automatable
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.

Process insurance claims and billing88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Enter prescription and patient data85% · work done in software · mostly automatable
Manage inventory and supplies64% · scheduling, planning and resource control · partly automatable

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.