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Health Care Apprenticeship Consortium Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship
Sponsored by Health Care Apprenticeship Consortium · Pharmacy Technician
This route explains how verified access begins; it does not guarantee selection, placement, employment, certification, or licensure.
What families should know
A Washington employer-partner pharmacy technician Registered Apprenticeship route with 264 classroom and lab hours plus 2,000 work hours.
Decision facts
What we could verify
Registration confirms a program relationship. It does not, by itself, confirm that an employer is currently accepting apprentices.
- Service area
- Washington employer partners participating in the Health Care Apprenticeship Consortium.
- Listed location
- WA This may be a sponsor, training, or service region, not a work site.
- Delivery mode
- hybrid
- Who the verified information describes
- People seeking a pharmacy technician apprenticeship with a participating Washington employer partner.
- Eligibility
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- Apprenticeship starts with a job at an employer partner before enrollment.
- Use the official interest form or a published information session to discuss the pathway and partner opportunities.
- Compensation
- HCAC says apprentices learn while they earn in full-time work; no current wage amount was verified.
- Duration
- 264 classroom and lab hours plus 2,000 hours of work experience.
- Credential
- The page describes passing the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam leading to Certified Pharmacy Technician registration through the Washington State Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission; passing and registration are not guaranteed.
Next action
What happens next
Submit the official interest form, select Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship, and await consortium or employer follow-up; contact does not guarantee an interview, offer, or enrollment.
Fit and tradeoffs
Questions to resolve before applying
- Employment with an employer partner comes before apprenticeship enrollment.
- Employer openings and cohort capacity can limit access, and the current cohort page does not publish a Pharmacy Technician start date.
Sources and review details
Where these details came from
Quan Pathways keeps evidence for registered apprenticeships and other structured pathways separate from current availability sources and displays the date each source was checked.
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Supports: identity, registration, duration, compensation, availability, credential. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The page confirms the permanent pathway and employer-first model but does not promise a current employer opening, placement, certification, or registration result.
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Supports: availability, applicant-action. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The page lists 2026 Pharmacy Technician information sessions but session attendance does not guarantee an interview, employer offer, or enrollment.
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Supports: availability. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
Pharmacy Technician appears in the tentative cohort table without a start date, so it does not establish a current opening.
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Supports: applicant-action, applicant-scope. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The form collects interest for the Pharmacy Technician pathway and says HCAC will contact applicants; it does not guarantee an interview, employer offer, or enrollment.
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