Maine Adult Education

This certificate program is offered by our partner; The Academy of Medical Professionals

This 14-week program prepares you to pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam. You will also receive a Certificate of Completion through the Academy of Medical Professions.   This program is active for ONE YEAR from date the of the Student’s activation, this allows our Students the time to successfully complete the program and to review up until the day they sit for the National Certification Exam.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be helping the Licensed Pharmacist with all the necessary day-to-day services that the Pharmacy provides. Everything from preparing medications to answering phones, receiving and verifying prescriptions, counting tablets, taking requests for refilling of medications, and much more.  You are an assistant to the pharmacist.

Talk about job security!! This is a growing field with high demand and great salaries.  You can work for places such as:  Pharmacies at Hospitals, Independent Pharmacies, and retail chains like Rite Aid and Wal-Mart and Walgreens.  There are so many possibilities.

Excellent communication skills and customer service are essential in this field.  You must have the ability to learn and retain procedural processes and apply them quickly and accurately.  Most places do require flexibility of hours some might ask for:  nights, weekends, or holidays depending on where you work and for whom you work.

You will be working one-on-one with a Pharmacy Technician instructor as you go through your weekly assignments.  She is always available and is in constant contact with you as you progress through the program.

To learn more about this course and to download the enrollment packet, please visit https://www.academyofmedicalprofessions.com/pharmacy-technician.html  and please them know how you heard about this class. This allows us to continue to partner with AMP to offer these exciting career courses. 

This course is not available for registration through our site. Interested students must register with AMP. If you have questions about this course or others with AMP, please contact us at 207-824-2136 or email; adulted@sad44.org

*Tution; $300.00 non refundable down payment. $2,850.00 remaining tuition with options to pay in a single payment, vouchers, or with payment plans. 

 Below is an excertp from AMP's course description:

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be assisting the Licensed Pharmacist with all the necessary day-to-day services that the Pharmacy provides- everything from preparing medications to answering phones, receiving, and verifying prescriptions, counting tablets, taking requests for refilling of medications, and much more. You are an assistant to the pharmacist.

Talk about job security! This is a growing field with high demand and great salaries.1 You can work for places such as: Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, Walgreen's, and independent pharmacies and hospitals. There are so many possibilities. Excellent communication skills and customer service are essential in this field. You must have the ability to learn and retain procedural processes and apply them quickly and accurately. Most places do require flexibility of hours; some might ask for nights, weekends, or holidays depending on where you work and for whom you work.

Our 300 hour/14-week Certificate Program prepares you to take and pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam. You will also receive a Certificate of Completion through the Academy of Medical Professions. This program walks you through each topic required for certification and allows you to review the program contents up to the day you sit for the National