- This course is eligible for Free TAFE.
Course Overview
With this free, nationally recognised TAFE course, you will take the next thrilling leap in your animal care career.
If you’re already nailing it as an animal care pro and now aspire to become a veterinarian nurse, this is where it starts.
This course is the qualification you need to get into the next evolution of your animal care career, learning hands-on from real vets, encounter a wide range of animal health scenarios, and increasing job security.
This program shapes you into a veterinary nurse, supporting animals, helping in surgeries, and guiding clients in pet care. Heads up, this course requires, practical, unpaid placement hours in a real veterinarian surgery, so you’ll need access to patients, clients, medical cases, and expert veterinary staff.
Join us, and transform your animal care career.
Campus Locations
Job Outcomes
Potential career outcomes could include:
- Vet nurse
- Working for drug companies
- Pet food companies
- Allied health for pets
- Wildlife attendant
- Zoo work
Recognition
Study Method
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Locations
- Victoria
- East Geelong
Duration and Study Load
Duration
Full-time: 12 months
Traineeship
Full-time: 12 months
Entry Requirements
- Applicants must hold a Certificate II or Certificate III in Animal Studies/Care/Companion Animal Services or hold a relevant Certificate III or higher level qualification in an animal science discipline or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills and knowledge in a relevant animal science discipline.
- Self-sourced work placement with a Veterinary Practice enabling 240 hours of mandatory work placement. Evidence of secured work placement required.
- Applicants must be 17 years or over at the time of course commencement.
- Applicants are expected to have literacy and numeracy skills to at least Year 11 or Australian Core Skills Framework Level 3.
- Apprenticeship and traineeship applicants must be currently employed under a training contract and referred by their employer.
You must reside in Victoria to access Victorian Government Subsidised Fees. Full fees apply to all non-Victorian residents.
Each student must complete a pre-training review as part of their application. The outcome of your pre-training review assists our teachers and trainers to better understand your capabilities prior to training and enables you to be matched to the right program. Your literacy and numeracy skills will be evaluated and you may be required to undertake a separate assessment.
Work Placement
240 hours of work placement is required in this course. Placement is organised by the student and must be in a in a veterinary practice.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Each qualification is made up of units of study. To gain RPL, you will need to demonstrate that you have the required skills and knowledge to meet the competencies of the unit.
Assessment
Assessment for this course is based on:
- Hands-on projects
- Workplace tasks
- Written assignments
- Industry placement
Subjects
About The Gordon Institute of TAFE
The Gordon Institute of TAFE is one of the largest regional TAFEs in Victoria and has been helping people gain real skills for real jobs for over 130 years. We pride ourselves on delivering a great range of TAFE courses from short courses to nationally accredited training across apprenticeships, traineeships, certificates, diplomas, and advanced diplomas, which can lead you to a great career or create pathways to university.
Gordon Institute of TAFE is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 3044)