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L22A Pharmacy Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A Pharmacy Technician prepares, compounds, and dispenses prescribed medicines and calculates outpatient and intravenous doses based on weight or age. They procure, store, and issue pharmaceutical supplies, maintain pharmacy records and reports, research alternatives for recalled or backordered medications, and perform additional medical supply duties aboard ships.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Weight- and age-based medication dose calculations
  • Vaccine temperature and viability reporting
  • Expired medication returns and credit tracking
  • Shipboard medical supply procurement and accountability

Civilian Career Paths

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Pharmacy Technicians

Preparing prescribed medicines, compounding preparations, calculating doses, and maintaining pharmaceutical inventories directly overlap with civilian pharmacy technician work.

How to prepare: Ask the destination state pharmacy board to assess your existing education, training, and credentials against its technician requirements, then compare those findings with a target employer's requirements. Most states regulate pharmacy technicians, and some states or employers require certification.

What the civilian work involves
  • Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
  • Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
  • Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • MEDITECH software

Notes & Sources

  • The NEC's provision for duties performed without a pharmacist does not establish authority for unsupervised civilian dispensing; confirm the destination jurisdiction's supervision and scope-of-practice rules.
Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L22A

    [1] NEC entry "L22A - Pharmacy Technician"; cached text line 7845; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Weight- and age-based medication dose calculations, Vaccine temperature and viability reporting, Expired medication returns and credit tracking, Shipboard medical supply procurement and accountability, Pharmacy Technicians (O*NET 29-2052.00)

  2. O*NET: Pharmacy Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Pharmacy Technicians (O*NET 29-2052.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Pharmacy Technicians

    [3] How to Become; Education and Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; updated August 27, 2026, checked September 23, 2026

    Supports: Pharmacy Technicians (O*NET 29-2052.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L22A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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