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Where a pharmacy assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pharmacy assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Pharmacy assistants perform general duties, such as stock management, serving at the cash desk, or performing administrative duties. They deal with the inventory within the pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.

Highest coverage recorded: 63%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 3difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 51required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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pharmacy assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a pharmacy assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.