Duration: 6 Months
Target Audience: Matriculants
Entry Requirements: Matric with at least 50% in Mathematics and Physical Sciences or Life Sciences
Accredited by: SAPC & QCTO
Delivery: Hybrid (Online & Practical Training)
Certification: Occupational Certificate: Pharmacist’s Assistant (Basic) – SAQA QUAL ID 112811
Next Intake: September 2025

You Will Learn:

• Apply basic scientific knowledge to support the delivery of pharmaceutical services.
• Provide technical support for receiving, storing, picking, packing, and distributing stock.
• Perform stock counts and participate in stock-taking in line with Good Wholesaling and Distribution Practice (GWDP) and Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP).
• Provide technical support for the manufacture, packaging, and re-packaging of non-sterile medicines and scheduled substances under pharmacist supervision, following GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice).
• Assist with compounding, manipulation, and preparation of non-sterile medicines and scheduled substances (extemporaneous compounding) under supervision, in compliance with GPP and GMP.

Why this course?
Our self-mastery learning approach ensures candidates build and retain new knowledge through a balance of theory, practicals, and workplace-based experience.