How to become a Pharmaceutical Technician or Assistant
Official title: Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants
Helps pharmacists dispense and prepare medicines in pharmacies, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies, or sells non-prescription medicines in pharmacies.
Main tasks
- Prepare medicines under the direction of a pharmacist
- Dispense medicines as prescribed by doctors and veterinarians, and label them with directions and warnings
- Make sure medicines are stored in suitable and safe conditions
- Fill containers with medicines and attach labels
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: pharmacy (0916). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 4, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 1, five-year junior college (五專) 2. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$825,000 a year
- Demand for Health and care jobs is projected at about 774,000 in 2024 and about 876,000 in 2030. (+13.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Pharmaceutical Technician or Assistant?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
How much does a Pharmaceutical Technician or Assistant earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$825,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Pharmaceutical Technician or Assistant a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.2% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Pharmaceutical Technician or Assistant?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026