Qualification Outline

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Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy

Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy

Qualification
National Code:
SIR40107
State Code:
S577
TGA Status:
Replaced
DTWD Status:
Replaced
National Endorsed, State Implementation and Classification
Field of Education
0805 - Sales And Marketing
Original TGA Release Date
26/02/2011
Approved Date
01/04/2008
Stream of Study
Initial Vocational (3100 - 3600)
VET Act Classifier
B
Nominal Hours
840
Duration
1 Semester
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
26/02/2011
VET Act Conditions
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Releases
Release Version Release Date TGA Status DTWD Status
1.00 26/02/2011 Current Approved
Description

This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to be competent to work in a community pharmacy. Likely functions within the community pharmacy industry for those who achieve this level of competency include maintaining store safety and security, managing sales and customer service, leading and managing staff and managing merchandise and store presentation.
The structure of this qualification recognises the diversity of business models that characterise the community pharmacy industry. It supports multi-skilling and participation in work teams as appropriate to the size and structure of the business.
This qualification is designed to reflect the role of individuals who work relatively autonomously under broad supervision of the pharmacist. They also coordinate and supervise others in the workplace. The role involves the use of a broad knowledge base incorporating some theoretical concepts and requires the identification, analysis and evaluation of information from a variety of sources.
This qualification is suitable for an Australian Apprenticeship pathway.
Job roles
Pharmacy assistant

Schedule
Packaging Rules
To achieve a Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy, 33 units must be completed:
- All 22 core units
- 11 elective units. Elective units may be selected as follows:
- A maximum of 6 units may be selected from the Elective Units in Group A
- A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 11 elective units may be selected from the Elective Units in Group B
- A maximum of 2 elective units may be selected from Group C.
- A maximum of 5 elective units may be selected from elsewhere in the Retail Services Trining Package or from any other endorsed Training Package or accredited course. These must be units which are packaged within a Certificate III or IV qualification in the parent Training Package. Training Packages that overlap with Community Pharmacy activities include Health, Business Services and Beauty.

Note: Elective units selected must be additional to those already counted towards a lower level qualification within this Training Package.

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1. Core Units

All 22 core units must be completed

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
S6030 SIRPDIS001A Accept prescriptions and deliver medicine 10 Unit of competency
S6168 SIRXOHS001A Apply safe working practices 20 Unit of competency
S6046 SIRPPKS010A Assist in the management of pharmacy and pharmacist-only medicines 30 Unit of competency
S6114 SIRXCCS003A Coordinate interaction with customers 35 Unit of competency
S6039 SIRPPKS003A Identify, locate and sell analgesic and anti-inflammatory products 10 Unit of competency
S6041 SIRPPKS005A Identify, locate and sell cough and cold products 10 Unit of competency
S6042 SIRPPKS006A Identify, locate and sell eye, ear and oral care products 10 Unit of competency
S6044 SIRPPKS008A Identify, locate and sell first aid and wound care products 10 Unit of competency
S6043 SIRPPKS007A Identify, locate and sell products for gastro-intestinal conditions 10 Unit of competency
S6045 SIRPPKS009A Identify, locate and sell products for skin and fungal conditions 10 Unit of competency
S6038 SIRPPKS002A Identify, locate and sell products related to allergies 10 Unit of competency
S6156 SIRXMGT003A Lead and manage people 30 Unit of competency
S6169 SIRXOHS002A Maintain store safety 35 Unit of competency
S6188 SIRXRSK002A Maintain store security 20 Unit of competency
S6195 SIRXSLS005A Manage sales and service delivery 35 Unit of competency
S6147 SIRXMER001A Merchandise products 35 Unit of competency
S6187 SIRXRSK001A Minimise theft 20 Unit of competency
S6141 SIRXINV001A Perform stock control procedures 35 Unit of competency
S6170 SIRXOHS003A Provide a safe working environment 35 Unit of competency
C9144 HLTCSD306B Respond effectively to difficult or challenging behaviour 15 Unit of competency
S6037 SIRPPKS001A Support the sale of pharmacy and pharmacist-only medicines 15 Unit of competency
S6140 SIRXIND001A Work effectively in a retail environment 40 Unit of competency
2. Elective units

11 elective units to be completed

The following table outlines ONE example of a training program for this qualification. Please refer to the Training Package for the full details of available options.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
S6134 SIRXHRM001A Administer human resources policy 35 Unit of competency
S6110 SIRXADM001A Apply retail office procedures 15 Unit of competency
S6189 SIRXRSK003A Apply store security systems and procedures 35 Unit of competency
S6144 SIRXINV004A Buy merchandise 50 Unit of competency
S6145 SIRXINV005A Control inventory 35 Unit of competency
S6154 SIRXMGT001A Coordinate work teams 35 Unit of competency
S6155 SIRXMGT002A Maintain employee relations 35 Unit of competency
S6128 SIRXFIN004A Manage financial resources 35 Unit of competency
S6126 SIRXFIN002A Perform retail finance duties 25 Unit of competency
C3665 BSBADM308A Process payroll 30 Unit of competency
S6135 SIRXHRM002A Recruit and select personnel 35 Unit of competency
Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
N088 WRP40102 Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy Qualification
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
J149 SIR40112 Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy Qualification
VET Info Notes
This training program is a representation of the qualification code SIR20107 taken from the Retail Services Training Package SIR07 which should be consulted for full description of requirements. SIR07 is endorsed until October 2010.

1. This qualification is the copyright of The Australian National Training Authority.

2. Further information on this qualification is contained in the Training Package available from Australian Training Products Ltd., Tel: (03) 9630 9836.

3. This qualification was entered on to the STARS by Challenger TAFE on 14 February 2008.
Entry Requirements

Entry requirements
There are no prerequisites for entry to this qualification.

Traineeships and Apprenticeships
(TR10000) COMMUNITY PHARMACY (LEVEL 4) Traineeship