OSCA 2024 · 311332 · Skill level 3
Hospital Pharmacy Technician: OSCA 311332
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Hospital Pharmacy Technician is OSCA 2024 code 311332. It corresponds to ANZSCO 311215 Pharmacy Technician (in part), which is on the CSOL and STSOL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 311332
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 311215 · in part
Pharmacy Technician
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Short-term Skilled Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 311215
The job
What a hospital pharmacy technician does
Facilitates the provision of hospital pharmacy services through clinical assistance on wards and outpatient clinics, inventory control, and dispensing medications under the supervision of a Hospital Pharmacist.
Skill level 3: Certificate IV, or Certificate III with at least 2 years of on-the-job training, or 3 years of relevant experience
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Conducts medication history and reviews with patients, carers or community health professionals for Hospital Pharmacists
- Prepares a current medicines list for patients
- Refers prescriptions to Pharmacists and assists with preparing medications
- Documents and refers patients with medicine allergies and adverse drug reactions to Hospital Pharmacists
- Assists Hospital Pharmacists with clinical prioritisation by identifying patients at high risk of medicine-related problems
- Records patients' laboratory data for pharmacist review
- Fills and labels patients' prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist
- Provides advice on appropriate health information, medication and other conditions to patients
Unit group 3113
Other occupations in Pharmacy Technicians
Questions
OSCA 311332: common questions
What is the OSCA code for hospital pharmacy technician?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 311332?
Is Hospital Pharmacy Technician on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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