Learner

Learner basic and learner post-basic pharmacy assistants are learners who are still undergoing training to be able to practise the scope of a basic or post-basic pharmacist’s assistant. The learners are required to be registered with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) in terms of Regulations 28-30 of the Regulations relating to the registration of persons and the maintenance of registers. Any person registered for a learning programme with a provider of a certificate of qualification must register with the SAPC as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic) at the commencement of such learning programme.