ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Workforce Development and Community Education Department at Belmont College will be offering a 70-hour pharmacy technician program beginning today.

The program provides both technical and practical training, which will help to enable students to function as a competent entry-level pharmacy technician.

Classes will be offered at the Main Campus, in-person, beginning today through May 23 on Mondays and Thursdays from 6-9:30 p.m. An 80-hour clinical externship with an area pharmacy is available at no-cost to students who successfully complete the course.

Students who complete the program will receive a Pharmacy Technician Certificate of Completion from Belmont College. In addition, this course prepares students to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam. Upon completion of the PTCB exam, students’ qualifications will meet or exceed pharmacy technician employment requirements in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This program is an approved program for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in Ohio and West Virginia. Contact your local WIOA representative concerning eligibility for this funding.

For more information about the program, call the Workforce and Community Education Office at 740-699-3869 or visit belmontcollege.edu.