Pharmaceutical-Technical Assistant (PTA) Training

The training qualifies participants for work in public and hospital pharmacies, laboratories, health insurance funds or as teachers at PTA schools. In public pharmacies, PTAs advise customers on the correct use of medicines, dispense medicines, prepare individually prescribed medicines and test raw materials. In hospital pharmacies, the focus is on preparing medicines. The part-time training lasts 3.5 years, including 3 years at the school, with practical classes in the laboratory, under the microscope and in a training pharmacy.

Advising customers on the correct use of their medicines; dispensing medicines; preparing individually prescribed medicines; testing raw materials; preparing medicines in hospital pharmacies.

The text does not specify any particular entry requirements.

Part-time training; classes from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Fridays off; this leaves time for a side job, caring for family members, studying or personal life.