Seorang Apoteker memiliki peranan penting pada apotek, industri farmasi dan distributor farmasi. Seorang apoteker harus memenuhi persyaratan dan standard kompetensi agar dapat memasuki dunia kerja dan menjalani praktik profesi apoteker. Terdapat sepuluh standar kompetensi Apoteker Indonesia yang merupakan suatu yang diharapkan melekat pada apoteker setelah lulus dan masuk pada dunia kerja. Sebagai bekal dan pengalaman calon apoteker melaksanakan kerja praktik di beberapa instansi agar dapat memahami peranan dan tanggung jawab apoteker, permasalahan yang mungkin terjadi agar dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kompetensi calon apoteker, maka dari itu dilaksanakan Praktik Kerja Apoteker di Apotek Jacoebson Pharmacy, PT Integrated Healthcare Indonesia yang merupan industri Farmasi dan PT Anugerah Pharmindo Lestari yang merupakan Distributor Farmasi yang dimana dilaksanakan sejak bulan Januari hingga April 2019. Selama PKPA, diharapkan calon apoteker dapat memperluas pemahaman, wawasan, dan pengalaman untuk menghadapi pekerjaan kefarmasian di tempat praktik kerja profesi.
Pharmacist has an important role in pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical distributors. A pharmacist must meet the requirements and competency standards in order to support the world of work and approve pharmacist professional agreements. There are ten Indonesian Pharmacist competency standards that are places that are expected to be attached to pharmacists after graduation and entering the workforce. As a preparation and experience of prospective pharmacists carrying out work in several institutions in order to be able to assist and be responsible for pharmacists, which may be needed to improve the knowledge and competencies of prospective pharmacists, therefore involved the Pharmacist Work Practices at Jacoebson Pharmacy, PT Integrated Healthcare Indonesia Pharmacy which is a pharmaceutical industry. and PT Anugerah Pharmindo Lestari which is a Pharmacy Distributor which is carried out from January to April 2019. During PKPA, it is expected that prospective pharmacists can access, understand, and seek to do pharmaceutical work in the workplaces that work.