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Extra training that raises pay

• Sterile compounding

  Preparing IV (intravenous) medications and chemotherapy in a hospital clean room. The best-paid technician work.

• Injections

  In Ontario, regulated technicians can now give some vaccines after extra training. Adds value in retail.

• Lead or supervisor technician

  Running a hospital dispensary team.

• Automation and informatics

  Managing the robots and software that fill prescriptions in big hospitals.

• Specialty and mail-order pharmacy

  Complex drugs, daytime hours, no walk-in customers.