Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing

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About this course: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.3em"> </p> <h3>Are you looking for a career talking to the animals?</h3> <p>When you complete the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing you will be ready for a career as a <strong>veterinary nurse</strong>, or <strong>animal welfare worker</strong>.</p> <p>You will have the skills and knowledge to work effectively in a veterinary practice, providing care to a wide variety of animals, assisting with surgery preparation and procedures, performing pathology and imaging procedures, providing post-surgery care and advice, and workplace safety and health.</p> <p>This course is popular and <strong>highly competitive</strong> to get into. Please ensure you enter <strong>all</strong> your work and work experience, both related to the field and unrelated, in your application.</p> <p><strong>Part time studies</strong> – this course is offered on a part time basis but has only one intake per year. Application for part time studies open in September each year.  Part time studies consist of 1 day per week attendance and you would be required to undertake work experience 1 day per week in industry. Students must organise their own work placement before they apply.</p> <p>The course is also offered via <strong>Correspondence</strong> but <u>only available to students residing outside the metropolitan area</u>. Correspondence students <u>must</u> have a veterinary practice organised for work experience.</p> <p>This Qualification is <strong>also</strong> available as a Traineeship. To study as a Trainee, you must be employed in a training contract by an appropriate organisation. Please see the Apprenticeships/Traineeships section for more information.</p> </div></div></div>

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Entrance requirements: <table class="entrance_requirement"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="col1">School Leaver</th> <th class="col2">Non-School Leaver</th> <th class="col3">AQF</th> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td>C Grades in Year 11 WACE General English, and OLNA; or NAPLAN 9 Band 8</td> <td>C Grades in Year 11 English and Maths or equivalent</td> <td>Certificate II or Certificate III</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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Units <p><p>The units in Traineeships and Apprenticeships are customised according to the individual Training Agreement that is negotiated with the employer and may vary (within the Qualification rules) in each case.</p></p><b>1 Core Units</b> <table class="overview" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <th scope="col">Unit Title</th> <th scope="col">National ID</th> <th scope="col">Unit of Study</th> </tr><tr><td>Apply imaging routines</td><td>ACMVET402A</td><td>D3939</td></tr> <tr><td>Assist in health care of animals</td><td>ACMGAS205A</td><td>D3905</td></tr> <tr><td>Assist with surgery preparation</td><td>ACMVET203A</td><td>D3937</td></tr> <tr><td>Carry out daily clinic routines</td><td>ACMVET202A</td><td>D3936</td></tr> <tr><td>Carry out medical nursing routines</td><td>ACMVET407A</td><td>D3944</td></tr> <tr><td>Carry out surgical nursing routines</td><td>ACMVET405A</td><td>D3942</td></tr> <tr><td>Carry out veterinary dental nursing procedures</td><td>ACMVET410A</td><td>D3947</td></tr> <tr><td>Carry out veterinary nursing reception duties</td><td>ACMVET201A</td><td>D3935</td></tr> <tr><td>Comply with infection control policies and procedures in animal work</td><td>ACMINF301A</td><td>D3917</td></tr> <tr><td>Contribute to workplace health and safety processes</td><td>ACMWHS301A</td><td>WE893</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinate and perform theatre routines</td><td>ACMVET408A</td><td>D3945</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinate patient admission and discharge</td><td>ACMVET401A</td><td>D3938</td></tr> <tr><td>Feed and water animals</td><td>ACMGAS204A</td><td>D3904</td></tr> <tr><td>Nurse animals</td><td>ACMVET406A</td><td>D3943</td></tr> <tr><td>Participate in workplace communications</td><td>ACMGAS202A</td><td>D3902</td></tr> <tr><td>Perform clinic office procedures</td><td>ACMVET404A</td><td>D3941</td></tr> <tr><td>Perform clinic pathology procedures</td><td>ACMVET403A</td><td>D3940</td></tr> <tr><td>Provide specific animal care advice</td><td>ACMVET409A</td><td>D3946</td></tr> <tr><td>Source information for animal care needs</td><td>ACMGAS208A</td><td>D3908</td></tr> </table><b>2 Elective Units</b> <table class="overview" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <th scope="col">Unit Title</th> <th scope="col">National ID</th> <th scope="col">Unit of Study</th> </tr><tr><td>Identify and respond to animal behaviour</td><td>ACMACR403A</td><td>D3830</td></tr> <tr><td>Provide basic care of birds</td><td>ACMSPE302A</td><td>D3924</td></tr> <tr><td>Provide basic care of mammals</td><td>ACMSPE310A</td><td>D3932</td></tr> <tr><td>Provide companion animal hydro-bathing services</td><td>ACMCAS307A</td><td>D3873</td></tr> </table>

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