Animal Care & Veterinary Courses
These days, veterinary care is big business; Americans spent over $34 billion on their pets in 2004 alone. Veterinary technicians play a critical role in this industry. Higher demand for quality animal care has caused a hiring surge for veterinary technicians at pet health practices. As a kind of registered nurse for pets, a vet tech can handle many routine procedures, reducing the workloads of veterinarians.
Animal Care & Veterinary Technician Training
Veterinary technician training programs can help you pass state certification exams, whether or not you decide to earn a full degree. By combining career training with on-the-job experience, you could soon be developing the skills you need to become a veterinary assistant. Convenient home study courses in animal science are designed to help prepare you for a career in a veterinarian's practice, animal hospital, animal shelter, pet store, horse farm, ranch, wildlife or livestock program, or zoo.
Vet Tech Career Training Coursework
The distance learning diploma programs listed here teach professional-level veterinary assisting and training techniques. Key topics include:
- The physical exam
- Giving tests and recording results
- Vaccines
- "Nose-to-tail" exam procedures
- Physical restraint
- House-training
- Preventing destructive behavior
Everything you need to succeed, including clearly illustrated lessons, an easy-to-follow study guide, and valuable supplies, arrives at your home. Practical home-study career training makes it easy to learn animal science!
Ashworth University
The Professional Animal Care Specialist Program
Soon, you could be training to learn the exciting skills of veterinary assistants. Ashworth University's convenient home study animal care course in animal science is designed to help prepare you for a career in a veterinarian's practice, animal hospital, animal shelter, pet store, horse farm, ranch, wildlife or livestock program, or zoo. And there are no educational or experience prerequisites to enroll.
Key advantages of our school:
- No campus attendance, no commuting, no deadline pressure
- All exams are open-book/open notes
- Learn at your own pace; graduate in as little as six months after taking the animal care courses online!
- Graduate with a nationally accredited diploma
- Enroll any time and enjoy affordable, interest-free tuition
Request your FREE Career Kit today!
Penn Foster Career School
Veterinary Assistant Program
Parlay your love of animals into a rewarding career as a Veterinary Assistant. The Penn Foster Career School Veterinary Assistant Program will teach you everything you need to know to keep animals healthy and happy. At Penn Foster, you'll learn how to:
- Provide specialized nursing care
- Assist in surgical procedures
- Wash, feed, and care for animals
- Obtain animal health records
With these skills you can have a rewarding career at a veterinary hospital, animal shelter, kennel or laboratory. The best part is that with Penn Foster's Veterinary Assistant program, you'll learn everything you need to know from the comfort of your own home.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for professional Veterinary Assistants will rise 26% by 2012. By starting your training now you'll be ready to take advantage of a wealth of job opportunities in this rewarding field.
Request information today, and prepare yourself for an enjoyable career as a Veterinary Assistant.
Stratford Career Diploma
Distance Learning Career Training Programs
Build a rewarding new career with distance education courses from Stratford Career Institute. An innovative leader in the field of distance learning, SCI has educated 700,000 students since 1991. We offer career training in more than 60 exciting subjects. Launch your career today with Stratford Career Institute.
