Health
Pharmacy technician
Twelve months to become the pharmacist's right hand: dispensing medicines, advising patients and running a flawless stock.
State diploma · DQPPre-registration open
Free pre-registration, with no commitment. Fees can be paid in instalments.
- Duration
- 12 months
- Two intakes a year
- Entry level
- Probatoire or Bac
- Required on entry
- Qualification
- DQP
- Awarded by the State
- Next intake
- 12 October 2026
- Pre-registration open, classes begin in 2 days
The job, day to day
In a pharmacy, the technician is often the patient's first point of contact. The technician reads the prescription, prepares and dispenses medicines under the pharmacist's supervision, explains the dosage and answers simple questions. Behind the counter, the technician receives orders, stores stock, checks expiry dates and makes sure nothing runs out.
The course introduces you to medicines: their families, forms, uses and precautions. You learn to read a prescription, spot an error or an interaction, and refer to the pharmacist whatever lies outside your role. You also learn stock management, storage rules and how to welcome customers who are sometimes anxious.
A placement in a pharmacy puts you behind the counter, facing real situations. You leave able to work in a retail pharmacy, a pharmaceutical depot or the pharmacy of a health facility.
What you will be able to do
Read and fill a prescription
Prepare the medicines and submit them for the pharmacist's check.
Know common medicines
Families, forms, uses and precautions.
Advise patients at the counter
Explain dosage in simple, reassuring words.
Manage a medicine stock
Orders, storage, expiry dates and stocktaking.
Follow storage rules
Temperature, light and sensitive products: nothing is left to chance.
Know when to refer
Recognise what must go to the pharmacist or the doctor.
Where this course can lead
Retail pharmacies
Dispensing, counter advice and stock management, alongside the pharmacist.
Hospital pharmacies
Preparing and distributing medicines to the wards.
Wholesalers and pharmaceutical depots
Receiving, storing and preparing orders for pharmacies.
A State-recognised qualification
The DQP is a State qualification, awarded under the authority of the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training. It officially certifies your professional skills.
- Qualification
- DQP
- Authority
- MINEFOP
- Completed in
- 12 months
Two intakes a year
- Next intake
12 October 2026
Confirmed date
Pre-registration open, classes begin in 2 days
No closing date. You can still join up to fourteen days after classes begin.
- Following intake
January 2027
Exact day to be confirmed by the centre
Provisional date, pre-registration open
Pre-registering already reserves your place.
Free pre-registration Reserve your place for 12 October 2026
Pre-registration is free and carries no commitment. The registrar will call you back to confirm your place.
- Free
- No commitment
- Nothing to pay online
What happens next
- You start here, then complete your file in a few minutes.
- The registrar calls you back to confirm your place.
- You pay the fees at the registrar's office in Fouda, in instalments if you wish.