Classification note
- Published code: 3213
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 3 Technicians and Associate Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 32 Health Associate Professionals
- Minor Group: 321 Medical and Pharmaceutical Technicians
- Unit Group: 3213 Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants
Child groups
- No child groups are published under this code.
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
- No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- 86101 - Hospital activities (except specialized hospital activities)
- 86102 - Specialized hospital activities
- 86201 - General disease clinic activities
- 86202 - Specialized disease clinic activities
- 86203 - Dental activities
- 86901 - Nursing and midwifery activities
- 86902 - Physical therapy activities
- 86903 - Medical laboratory activities
- 86909 - Other activities in human health which are not classified elsewhere
- 87100 - Nursing service facility that provides accommodation
- 87201 - Activities providing care and accommodation for intellectually disabled persons
- 87202 - Activities providing care and accommodation to people with mental health problems
- 87203 - Activities to provide care and shelter to drug addicts
- 87301 - Activities providing care and accommodation for the elderly
- 87302 - Activities to provide care and accommodation to children and youth with disabilities
- 87303 - Activities to provide residential care to disabled adults
- 87901 - Activities providing care and accommodation for children and youth. (except those with disabilities have mental health problems and addicted to drugs)
- 87902 - Activities providing care and shelter for women experiencing social problems
- 87909 - Activities providing care that provides accommodation to other people. which are not classified elsewhere
- 88101 - Social welfare activities that do not provide accommodation for the elderly
- 88102 - Social welfare activities that do not provide accommodation to disabled people
- 88901 - Daytime child care activities
- 88909 - Other social work activities that does not provide accommodation which are not classified elsewhere
Definition
Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants perform a variety of tasks associated with dispensing medicinal products under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional; (b) dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other health professionals; (c) receiving prescriptions or refill requests from health professionals and verifying that information is complete and accurate according to medical record-keeping standards; (d) maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs; (e) filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications; (f) assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist for medication information; (g) pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establish and maintaining patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients; (h) ordering, labelling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals and supplies, and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems; (i) cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Dispensing technician - Pharmaceutical assistant - Pharmaceutical technician
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Pharmacist - 2262 - Pharmacology technician - 3141 - Pharmacy aide - 5329
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 3228