获得成为兽医团队有效成员所需的技能和知识，协助兽医和兽医护士进行临床实践。该计划的重点是在令人振奋和有益的动物保健部门工作所需的经验和知识。您将参加小组教程，全班讨论和研讨会。您还将在动物设施和兽医诊所进行工作实习，为您提供各种实践经验。您的导师将帮助您充分利用可用的机会，同时帮助您发展沟通技巧。
Gain the skills and knowledge needed to be an effective part of the veterinary team, assisting veterinarians and veterinary nurses in clinical practice.<br>Veterinary nursing assistants support and communicate with vets and vet nurses in the care and treatment of companion animals in clinical environments. This can include reception and front-of-house duties, hospitalised animal patient care, assisting with diagnostic sampling and radiography, and first aid. Veterinary nursing assistants also help prepare animals for surgery and assist vets and vet nurses during and after surgery.<br><br>Topics this programme covers include animal husbandry; welfare and behaviour; professional behaviour; introduction to surgery, anaesthesia and diagnostics; caring for hospitalised animal patients. Classes include small practical group tutorials, full class discussions and surgical workshops. You’ll also undertake work placements at local animal facilities and veterinary clinics, giving you a variety of hands-on experience in handling and caring for animals in clinical and surgical environments. Your tutors will help you make the most of the opportunities available to you while assisting you to develop your communication skills.<br><br>As part of this programme, you’re required to complete a minimum of 200 hours of practical experience at a veterinary clinic and 40 hours in an animal-related facility. Some hours can be undertaken at Ara, but you’ll be expected to source your own external placements.<br><br>You’ll be given full training to minimise all programme-specific risks. Examples of risks associated with this programme include: lifting, animal bites and scratches, zoonotic diseases, computers, radiation from x-rays, anaesthetic gases, chemicals and drugs, UV radiation, sharp instruments, electricity, fire and gas cylinders. We recommend that you maintain a current up-to-date tetanus injection to handle any animals as part of this programme.