Name____Veronica Avalos ___________________________________________

O* NET Career Research

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unavailable for
your career choice. Indicate that on

Choose Career Cluster from

the drop down menu. Then
click on the arrow
to search.

Choose the career cluster you are

interested in from the drop down menu
and click go. You learned about these
from your classmates.

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cluster here!
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the occupation here!
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pathway here!

Career Cluster: Health

Science
Occupation: Pharmacists
Career Pathway: Biotechnology
Research and Development

The next screen will bring a list of occupations. Choose one that you would be interested in pursuing and click
on it. Complete the following information about your career choice.

Tasks
1. Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to
evaluate their suitability.
2. Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and
proper medication storage.
3. Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories,
control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled
drugs.
4. Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling
pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security,
and proper disposal.
5. Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.

Name____Veronica Avalos ___________________________________________

Knowledge
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Medicine and Dentistry

Customer and Personal Service
Mathematics
Chemistry
Biology

Tools & Technology (sometimes

not listed, indicate on your paper)

1. Label making machines

2. Liquid scintillation counters
4. Medical radiological shielding
freestanding or portable screen
5. Laminar flow cabinets or stations

2. Written Comprehension
3.Near Vision
4.Oral Expression
5.Problem Sensitivity

Work Activities
1. Documenting/Recording Information
2. Processing Information
3. Interacting With Computers

6. Pestle or mortars

Abilities
1.Oral Comprehension

Work Context
1. Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
2. Telephone
3. Face-to-Face Discussions

Related Experience (look under Job Zone)

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five
years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to
seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Job Training (look under Job Zone)

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will
already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Education Needed (will be the one w/ highest #)

38

Professional degree

Interests
1. Investigative
2. Conventional
3. Social
Work Styles
1. Attention to Detail
2. Dependability
3. Integrity

Work Values
1. Recognition
2. Support
3. Relationships
Related Occupations
1. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
2. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
3.
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Wage & Employment Trends

Median Wages: $58.15 hourly, $120,950 annual
Employment: 286,000 employees
Projected Growth: Faster than average (15% to 21%)
Projected job openings: 109,800
Top Industries: Retail Trade
Health Care and Social Assistance

Click on the button next to State Wages Select Arkansas: click Go. Click 2013 Wage Table

State and National

Wages

2013
Pay
Period

Low

Median

High

Hourly

$42.94

$58.15

$72.38

Yearly

$89,320

$120,950

$150,550

Hourly

$33.51

$57.01

$71.66

Yearly

$69,690

$118,580

$149,050

Location
United States

Arkansas

Click the button next to state trends; choose

Arkansas & Go
United States

Arkansas

Employment
2012

2022

Percent
Change

Job Openings 1

286,400

327,800

+15%

10,980

Employment
2012

2022

Percent
Change

Job Openings 1

2,900

3,110

+7%

90

Find a job opening for your chosen career: Under Find Jobs click on GO next to Arkansas. Fill in the following information:
Job Title
Night Pharmacist FT
Company
CVS Health
Location
Texarkana , Arkansas
Date Posted 11/06/15