SD_Providers_Courses
Skills Development Providers
All the courses/learning programmes that lead to the registration of persons to practise in the pharmacy profession must be accredited/approved by Council. For a course to be accredited/approved, an appropriate application form should be completed and submitted to Council according to Council requirements.
The following qualifications are accredited/approved by Council:
- National Certificate: Pharmacist Assistance (currently in the teach-out period till 30 June 2027);
- Further Education Training Certificate: Pharmacist Assistance (currently in the teach-out period till 30 June 2027);
- Pharmacist’s Assistant (Basic) part qualification of Occupational Certificate: Pharmacy Technician;
- Pharmacist’s Assistant (Post-Basic) part qualification of Occupational Certificate: Pharmacy Technician; and
- Occupational Certificate: Pharmacy Technician.
Skills Development Providers (SDPs) who require accreditation/approval to offer the Occupational Certificate: Pharmacy Technician programme must comply with the relevant provisions of the GPE as set by Council and must complete an application for the accreditation/approval of a course leading to the Occupational Certificate: Pharmacist’s Assistant (Basic), Pharmacist’s Assistant (Post-Basic) and Occupational Certificate: Pharmacy Technician and submit to Council.
SHORT COURSES
All the courses/learning programmes that lead to the registration of persons to practise in the pharmacy profession must be accredited/approved by Council. For a course to be accredited/approved, an appropriate application form should be completed and submitted to Council according to Council requirements. Listed below are the courses that are accredited/approved by Council:
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Institution/Providers |
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Health Advance Institute Tel: 012 346 0700 Email: info@hai.co.za Website: www.hai.co.za
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Dispensing Course for Healthcare Professionals |
31 January 2025 |
31 January 2028 |
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Health Science Academy (Pty) Ltd. Tel: +27 (0) 87 821 1109 Email: hsaenquiries@healthscience.co.za Website: www.hsa.co.za
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Dispensing Course for Healthcare Professionals |
15 December 2024 |
14 December 2027 |
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Health Science Academy (Pty) Ltd. Tel: +27 (0) 87 821 1109 Email: hsaenquiries@healthscience.co.za Website: www.hsa.co.za
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Short course for pharmacists in immunisation and injection technique and delivering immunisation services |
22 August 2022 |
21 August 2025 |
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Insight Medicine Information Tel: +27 (0) 11 706 6939 Email: cpdalphapharm@insightmed.co.za Website: www.insightcpd.co.za
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Alpha Pharm Continuing Education Course on Mental Health in a Pandemic, Adult Vaccinations, Advances in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes, Urinary Tract Infections and Common Ear Problems |
19 September 2023 |
19 September 2026 |
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North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) Prof J Steenekamp Tel: +27 (0) 18 299 2276 Email: Jan.Steenekamp@nwu.ac.za
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· Pharmacotherapy I · Pharmacotherapy II · Applied Pharmacotherapy |
Teach-out period |
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Pharmacy Development Academy (PDA) Tel: 013 010 0091 Email: training@pdacademy.co.za Website: pdacademy.co.za
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Course in dispensing for persons other than pharmacists authorised to dispense medicines in terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act 101 of 1965, as amended |
17 May 2023 |
17 May 2026 |
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Pharmacy Training and Development Project: Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Tel: +27 (0) 12 521 4743 Email: Thembelihle.Chiloane@smu.ac.za Website: www.smu.ac.za/schools/pharmacy/school-of-pharmacy-certificates-programmes/
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Dispensing Course for Healthcare Professionals |
17 May 2023 |
17 May 2026 |
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Public Health Institute of South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 31 566 1453 Email: info@phisa.co.za Website: phisa.co.za
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Dispensing Course for Healthcare Professionals |
21 July 2020 |
20 July 2025 |
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Quad Pharmaceutical Tel: +27 (0) 11 622 0933 Email: courses@quadpharma.com Website: www.quadpharma.com/qd
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Registration of Biological and Orthodox Medicine |
21 August 2023 |
21 August 2026 |
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S Buys Academy (Pty) Ltd. Tel: +27 (0) 18 787 4073 Website: www.sbuys.co.za
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Dispensing Course for Healthcare Professionals |
4 November 2024 |
4 November 2027 |
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Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Tel: +27 (0) 12 521 3699 Email: juanita.krugel@smu.ac.za Website: www.smu.ac.za/programmes/pharmacy-short-learning-programme/
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Immunisation and Injection Technique for Pharmacists |
6 November 2023 |
6 November 2026 |
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Tshwane University of Technology Dr B Komane Tel: +27 (0) 12 382 6230 |
Short course for pharmacists in immunisation and injection technique and delivering immunisation services |
17 February 2023 |
17 February 2026 |
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University of the Witwatersrand Prof. Y Choonara Tel: +27 (0) 11 717 2052 Email: Yahya.Choonara@wits.ac.za Website: witsplus.ac.za/short-courses |
Short course for pharmacists in immunisation and injection technique and delivering immunisation services |
17 February 2023 |
17 February 2026 |