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The pharmacy retail counter assistant course has been running for 20 years at the GRETB Training Centre in Mervue, Galway. The course regularly provides staff to pharmacies in both full and part time positions as pharmacy assistants, cosmetic sales assistants, and pharmacy managers. Over 80 per cent of course graduates have secured employment in pharmacies.

Start working in pharmacy and you can progress up to becoming a pharmacist. First you work as an over the counter assistant, you are trained instore to give advice on medicines bought at the counter, vitamins, and skincare. Next, train as a pharmacy technician doing a two year distance learning technician course while working, gaining experience and applying knowledge as you acquire it. Lastly, you can apply to university as a mature student to study pharmacy. The academic requirement is a Leaving Certificate with chemistry. Experience in pharmacy, ie, working as a pharmacy technician, is an obvious advantage. Universities want the applicants to start and complete courses they begin, and having worked in a pharmacy you will know it is a career fit for you. This experience makes you more attractive to the admissions panel.

The QQI Level 5 retail pharmacy assistant course at Galway Community College Further Education will equip learners with the relevant knowledge and experience to work as a pharmacy counter assistant or pursue a pharmacy technician qualification in the future. From dispensing over-the-counter medications, and helping clients choose medical aids and appliances, to demonstrating and selling products, this course will also focus on a range of health related subjects relevant to employment as a pharmacy assistant.

Galway Community College continues to offer full time further education courses at Level 5 and 6. The GCC tutors are continually developing new courses and modules in line with industry trends in employment and links to higher education. New courses will commence at GCC in September 2019 in business, science, film, trades, sport, and IT.

Students from the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) recently achieved numerous awards at the ‘Let’s Talk About Drugs’ National Youth Media Awards.