Start date: 15 July 2019
End date: December 2019
Do you enjoy working with animals and have patience and the ability to handle animals in a gentle and calm manner? Take your passion for animals and turn it into a career in Veterinary Nursing. You will gain the skills to provide support to veterinarians in the management and care of animals receiving medical and surgical treatment. You can learn to work with companion animals, rabbits and rodents or enhance you skills in the equine field.
General Description_14
This course is the industry specific qualification for persons operating as veterinary nurses within veterinary clinics. Access to a veterinary clinic whilst undertaking study is essential for meeting assessment requirements and may be through either paid employment or substantial periods of work placement or work experience blocks. Candidates undertaking equine elective units will require access to work experience and/or employment within an equine veterinary clinic or hospital.
Candidates should confirm the regulatory requirements that apply in their relevant state or territory. In addition, individual Units of Competency may specify relevant licensing, legislative and/or regulatory requirements.
Key Study Areas_14
Veterinary reception duties, communications, theatre routines, nutrition, animal care, animal training, animal grooming.
Your fees are made up of four parts.
Once you have determined the fees applicable to your
situation you will be able to calculate a indicative total fee
for your qualification.