Students
VETERINARY NURSING (LEVELS 2 AND 3)
Resources
- New multi-million pound animal management, veterinary nursing and dog grooming facility (opening Spring 2009)
- Specialist rooms for aquatics, reptiles, invertebrates and small mammals
- Extensive paddock facilities housing a range of grazing animals
- 6 bay, custom built aviaries for exotic birds
- Commercial dog grooming parlour
- Fully equipped veterinary examination room
Typical Employers
Animal rescue centres, animal charities, zoos and wildlife parks, as well as educational institutions and retail outlets.
Industry Links
Students benefit from a wide range of contacts such as local zoos, wildlife parks and rare breeds centres together with veterinary practices, pet shops, kennels, groomers and rescue operations such as Battersea Dogs Home.
Benefiting from the experience of our qualified veterinary nurses, plus expert guest speakers, students are encouraged to fully utilise the college's resources which includes a well equipped veterinary nursing training suite. You will undertake practical sessions to help develop your handling and husbandry skills, as well as gain an understanding of animal anatomy and physiology. Complementing all of this will be the theories surrounding general nursing.
Entry Requirements Students must be 16 years old or over and:
Location
Hadlow
Course Duration
Level 2, 1 day per week in college.
Level 3, 1 day per week in college.
Course Content Level 2 Level 3
Assessment Method
Students complete a practical portfolio involving work based assignments under the guidance of an assessor at your practice. In addition, at the end of Level 2, students sit the RCVS multiple choice paper for Level 2 and at the end of Level 3, students sit a multiple choice paper and undergo a practical examination.
Progression Routes
Successful students can progress onto degree courses. Alternatively they can develop their career as a head nurse, practice manager, or college lecturer.