Is a national certification the same as a state registration?

No. List each one you hold, in that issuer's words. If the state requires registration and you have it, say so. If you only have the certificate, do not call it a license.

Should I list every software system?

Name the one you used to type and fill. A system you saw on a tour is not a skill.

Pharmacy technician resume tips

A pharmacy technician resume should say where you worked and what the pharmacist let you do. Retail filling, hospital cart or automation support, insurance rejects, and inventory are different days. Registration or certification belongs in the issuer's words. You do not counsel as a pharmacist and you do not write the resume as if you did.

Cover letter for a pharmacy technician

What to put first

Put the state registration and any national certification you hold near your name. Then retail, hospital, or another setting you have actually worked. The first bullets are filling, data entry, or inventory you performed under a pharmacist's check.

What you filled

Say whether you typed, counted, labeled, or worked an automated cabinet, and that a pharmacist verified. Compounding belongs only if you were trained and assigned to it. Do not claim the final check.

The counter problems

Insurance rejections, prior-authorization packets, and waiting-bin questions are real retail work. In a hospital, missing doses and cart exchanges are the parallel. Write the setting you had.

Controlled substances, carefully

If you logged them or pulled them under the pharmacy's rule, say the task and the supervision. Do not describe a diversion story. Do not claim a pharmacist license.

An example line

Adapt this only where it is true for you. It is a shape for a bullet, not a claim that a particular person did this work.

Retail technician: entered prescriptions, counted and labeled under a pharmacist's verification, and worked insurance rejections before the bag reached the pickup shelf.

What to leave off

Leave off a pharmacist license, counseling you are not allowed to give, and a certification you let lapse. Leave off patient names and drug stories. Leave off a setting you have not worked.

Questions

Is a national certification the same as a state registration?: No. List each one you hold, in that issuer's words. If the state requires registration and you have it, say so. If you only have the certificate, do not call it a license.
Should I list every software system?: Name the one you used to type and fill. A system you saw on a tour is not a skill.