The document summarizes a pharmacy technician training program offered by CCI Training Center in Dallas and Arlington, Texas. The program provides comprehensive training to prepare students to become certified pharmacy technicians, including courses in pharmacy calculations, pharmacology, sterile compounding, and certification exam preparation. It also includes training in phlebotomy. Students complete classroom and hands-on lab work, and then finish with an externship. Graduates will be eligible to sit for the pharmacy technician certification exam. The program aims to train students for in-demand healthcare careers in settings like retail pharmacies, hospitals, and medical offices.

1. Certified Pharmacy Technician
Training Program Near Me in Dallas
& Arlington, TX
CCI Training Center
https://www.ccitraining.edu/medical
-healthcare/pharmacy-technician/

2. Pharmacy Technician Training Program Near Me in Dallas & Arlington, TX
With additional training in phlebotomy and certification
preparation.

3. Pharmachy Tech & Lab procedures
(Dallas & Arlington, Texas)
• At CCI Training Center, we provide you with all the
theoretical and practical training you need to begin a career
in healthcare with our Pharmacy Technician program in
Dallas and Arlington. We provide comprehensive training to
prepare you to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician, as
well as providing the skills to undertake Pharmaceutical
Compounding and Sterile Product Preparation certification
exams.
• Pharmacies are now located in supermarkets, hospitals,
clinics and other locations which provide more job
opportunities than ever before. Demand for pharmacy
technicians in Texas is expected to rise to 26% by 2025.

4. First Step to A New Career
• You will complete your program on campus and online. You may
choose day or evening schedules. The work is completed
collaboratively with your classmates and under the supervision of a
qualified and experienced instructor. This ensures all students can
gain hands-on experience and work on projects all together without
being left behind. Instructors are available to provide lecture and
support in class as well as remote support while students work on
their online coursework.
• CCI Training Center offers pharmacy technician students a
comprehensive, hands-on training program available. In our labs
you will use the necessary equipment to learn how to: use capsules,
creams, solutions, coloring/flavoring, etc. to create medicines
calculate and manipulate supplies, such as needles, fillers, and
syringe

5. First Step to A New Career
• Toward the end of the program, students begin an externship. This
is an opportunity for students to put their skills to the test in the
real-world, work environment.
• This level of in-person, hands-on training helps to prepare students
for a successful transition from school into the work environment.
• You’ll be a much more marketable candidate for a pharmacy
technician position given all the practical training you’ve already
had. But remember, many employers look to see if you are also
certified by the State. This tells your potential employer that you
will be able to hit the ground running. You are responsible to make
sure you meet the State guidelines to become certified in Texas.
• Classes to suit your family and work commitments

6. First Step to A New Career
• The Pharmacy Technician programs at CCI Training Center
in Arlington and
Dallas are specifically designed to allow students with young
children and/or other responsibilities the opportunity to get the
necessary career training to pursue a successful pharmacy Career:
• · Coordinate study around childcare, work, and other obligations.
• · Flex Schedule classes mean you have more options.
• · Complete your training in as little as 7 months depending on the
employer side of externship.
• Becoming a pharmacy technician requires earning a high school
diploma, or GED, and most states require passing an exam or
completing a formal education or training program such as the
Certified Pharmacy Technician program offered at CCI Training
Center.

7. Pharmacy Technician certification exam.
CCI Training Center in Arlington and Dallas will assist you to prepare for your

8. CCI Training Center in Arlington and Dallas will assist you to
prepare for your Pharmacy Technician certification exam.
• Skills:
• · Process prescription requests from patients and
doctors’ offices
• · Measure medication amounts accurately
• · Package and label prescriptions for patients, hospital
staff, doctors, etc
• · Establish and maintain records relating to patients’
prescriptions
• · Take payments for prescriptions
• · Process insurance claims
• · Assist with the pharmacy’s inventory

9. Pharmacy Management System
• CPioneerRX: Our pharmacy
program partners with PioneerRx,
the top pharmacy management
system in the industry. PioneerRX
enhances our curriculum with a
hands-on approach to learning
that simulates the functions and
workflow of today’s most
innovative pharmacies.
• For more information,
visit https://www.pioneerrx.com/
.
• See how PioneerRx compares to
other pharmacy software vendors
at
• http://www.pharmacysoftwarere
views.com/

10. Required Coursework
• Computer Fundamentals: This course is an introduction to the use of the
computer in the business sense. Students will learn different aspects of
Microsoft Word such as how to write letters, create forms, and format
documents. This course will also include creating and formatting
spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. In addition, students will be taught how
to print documents, perform basic research on the Internet and effectively
use the tools available in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Office Communications: This course is designed for students to develop
and practice communication skills in the workplace. Listening and reading
comprehension will also be addressed. This course will also emphasize the
meaning and importance of writing coherently, concisely, and with the
purpose of using correct grammar and acceptable writing techniques.
• Allied Health Math: This course includes the fundamentals of math skills
essential to the health care professional. The students will refresh, learn
and practice basic math skills including consumer mathematics, decimals,
percentages, fractions, and the metric system.

11. Required Coursework
• Anatomy & Physiology: This course covers anatomy and physiology,
pathological conditions, and diagnostic treatments and procedures.
Terms relating to each body system and medical specialty are
included. The students will learn detailed descriptions and
explanations of the structures, functions, and interrelated
processes of the human body. The students will learn to relate each
of these items to specific medical procedures.
• Pharmacy Calculations: Students learn to use pharmaceutical
mathematics including reading, interpreting, and solving
calculations problems encountered in the preparation and
distribution of drugs; conversion of measurements with the
apothecary and metric systems with an emphasis on the metric
systems of weights and volume. The course includes students’
ability to use percentage, dilutions, and concentration,
milliequivalents, units, intravenous flow rates, as well as solving
dosage problems.

12. Required Coursework
• Pharmacology: Students learn the therapeutic agents and their effects on
the human body and their role in the management of disease. The course
provides information regarding drug dosages, side effects, interactions,
toxicities, and incompatibilities. Students will learn the administration of
drugs to pediatric, neonatal and geriatric patients. This background allows
the student to make informed decisions when assisting the pharmacist in
dispensing drugs thus enabling the technician to play an active role in
avoiding errors.
• Certification Test Preparation: This course is a review of the activities and
responsibilities that a pharmacy technician may perform as part of his/her
job. The review course will cover PTCB’s 3 function areas for pharmacy
technicians. The student’s skills will be assessed in both pre and post
subject matter evaluations. Testing tips, time competency, and skills
testing are included.
• Remember, students are responsible to verify that they meet the
background-check requirement in the State of Texas allowing them to sit
for the State certification exam.

13. Required Coursework
• Phlebotomy: The course is designed to train students
to perform a variety of blood collection methods using
proper techniques and precautions including vacuum
collection devices, syringes, capillary skin puncture,
butterfly needles and blood culture specimen
collection on adults, children, and infants.
• Students will have hands-on training in specimen
handling, processing, and accessioning. Emphasis will
be placed on students practicing infection prevention,
proper patient identification, proper labeling of
specimens, and quality assurance. Students will learn
the theory and principles of CLIA waived laboratory
tests and perform the tests in a laboratory setting.

14. Required Coursework
• Certification Test Preparation: This course is a review of the activities and
responsibilities that a pharmacy technician may perform as part of his/her
job. The review course will cover PTCB’s 3 function areas for pharmacy
technicians. The student’s skills will be assessed in both pre and post
subject matter evaluations. Testing tips, time competency, and skills
testing are included.
• Remember, students are responsible to verify that they meet the
background-check requirement in the State of Texas allowing them to sit
for the State certification exam.
• CPR: Students will be trained in CPR and Basic Life Safety using the
American Heart Association guidelines. Students will practice CPR
techniques as well as techniques to assist a choking victim.
• Computers in The Pharmacy: The students in this course will learn and
practice using a common pharmacy management software application.
Students will be able to practice entering patient information, entering
prescriptions, running reports, tracking inventory, entering nursing home
data, and printing and applying labels.

15. Required Coursework
• Medical Law, Ethics & Professionalism: This course covers federal
state and health care legislation and regulations and specific
attention is placed on the HIPAA legislation. Students will be
prepared to maintain confidentiality, document accurately, use
appropriate guidelines when releasing information, and comply
with established risk management and safety procedures.
• Fundamentals of Pharmacy Practice: The student will gain basic
knowledge and introduction to the technician’s role in pharmacy.
Students learn the laws and regulations associated with pharmacy;
the details of community-based and health-system-based
operations; the inventory management; and introduction to
compounding and preparation of sterile products. The students will
learn to read prescriptions in the community pharmacy and
medication orders in the hospital pharmacy environment.

16. Required Coursework
• Career Development: This course enables students to develop and plan
for career advancement. Students will learn resume writing, interviewing,
networking, effective communication, manage time effectively, and use of
internet-based websites in the job search. One on one mock interview will
be conducted.
• Sterile Product Certification: The course prepares the student to become
certified in IV Sterile Products. The student will learn the need for sterile
products, the importance that the parenteral administration route must
be sterile, the importance of aseptic technique, and know-how to
calculate, how to manipulate supplies such as needles, filters, and
syringes.
• Compounding Certification: The course prepares the student to become
certified in Compounding Techniques. The student will learn topics related
to extemporaneous and non-sterile pharmaceutical compounding. The
student will learn the equipment, supplies, quality assurance and record-
keeping associated with compounding in a pharmacy.

17. Required Coursework
• Externship: Upon successful completion of the
classroom portion of the program the students
participate in an Externship at an approved facility. The
Externship enables students to work and apply the
principles and practices learned in the classroom.
Externs work under the direct supervision of qualified
personnel in participating facilities and under the
supervision of a person with appropriate instructor
credentials.
• After you complete training with CCI and meet state
background-check requirements, you’ll be eligible to sit
for the (PTCB) Pharmacy Technician Certification
Board’s certification exam.

18. What can You expect
What can You expect
The program provides comprehensive training and lab practice to prepare you to become a
pharmacy technician. In addition, the program provides the training to undertake
Pharmaceutical compounding and Sterile Product preparation certification exams. Finally, the
uniqueness of the program is that it also provides training, lab procedures and test preparations
to become a phlebotomist. Two careers in one program

19. Workplaces
• CCI Training Center Certified Pharmacy Technician training in Arlington and
Dallas, prepares you to work in a variety of entry-level positions at:
• · Retail Pharmacies – Many retail pharmacies also have med checks attached to
them, which is where phlebotomy would come in handy as a certification.
• · Compounding Pharmacies – Pharmacies that make the custom medications.
• · Hospitals – Many hospitals have pharmacies within them, as well as just the need
to give out medications to patients.
• · Medical Offices & Clinics – Though you might not immediately think of these
places as where a pharmacy technician might work, all the other certification
preparations in this program are helpful for gaining an entry-level position at
medical offices and clinics.
• · Pharmaceutical Companies – Knowing all the terminology and the ways to
compound the medications give you an in trying to get a job at the actual
pharmaceutical companies.
• While we cannot guarantee that every student will find suitable employment upon
graduation, it’s safe to say that the job prospects for pharmacy technicians in Texas
are great

20. Why Choose CCI for Career Training?
• Career education has been the course purpose of CCI for 34 years! The
school provides hands-on training and guides you to secure suitable
employment. When you first enroll there are surveys you can take to
ensure you are on a career path that will be fulfilling and play to your
strengths.
• Before we send you out into the hunt for jobs, CCI Training Center offers
resume building help to our students, so you can feel confident that your
resume will tell employers exactly how fortunate they are to have
someone like you apply for their position.
• CCI Training Center provides job interview preparation to our students. No
matter your age or experience level, it’s probable that you could use some
help talking about your strengths and what will make you a good
employee. It is difficult to answer some interview questions on the spot
without ever having thought about them before. CCI Training Center will
help you have answers ready and waiting for interviewers that will knock
their socks off.

21. Why Choose CCI for Career Training?
• Students may apply for local and federal financial aid, and those
that qualify may be able to access grants, loans, and even
scholarships to help pay for school.
• Flexible on-campus and online program under the direct
supervision of an instructor in small classes is what sets CCI
different. This allows the adult student to go back to school and
keep their other family and work obligations. Year-round courses
mean students can start the program in any month, not a set spring
or fall semester.
• Beyond training for the certifications you’ll need for a career
related computer and network administration, CCI Training Center
gives you guidance. When you first enroll there are surveys you can
take to ensure you are on a career path that will be fulfilling and
play to your strengths.

22. Apply Online or Request More
Information
• Become A Pharmacy Tech
• Investing in yourself and your career is one of the
smartest investments you will ever make. No one
will work harder for you than you. The following
are the kinds of financial assistance available at
CCI Training Center:
• · Federal Financial Student Aid (FASFA),
• · Grants, · TWC / Workforce Innovation &
Opportunity Act (WIOA), · Scholarships, or
• · Private Loans

23. Apply Online
CCI Training Center
10830 N Central Expwy, Suite 410Dallas, Texas 75231
770 E Road to Six Flags, Suite 140Arlington,TX 76011