Are you an animal lover with a deep-seated passion for animal care and well-being?
Veterinary Assistants are the unsung heroes of animal healthcare, playing a pivotal role
in ensuring the health and happiness of our beloved pets. As a Veterinary Assistant, your daily routine will encompass a diverse array of responsibilities, all centered around providing compassionate care to furry, feathered, and scaled patients.
Our comprehensive training program is crafted to nurture your passion for animals and transform it into a profession filled with empathy, expertise, and enthusiasm. Our program will guide you through animal care techniques, medical terminology, and practical skills that are essential for success in the field. Ignite your passion, make a positive impact, and embrace a future filled with boundless opportunities.
In the ever-evolving world of animal healthcare, the future is undeniably bright for Veterinary Assistants, and statistics lend weight to this promising outlook:
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of Veterinary Assistants is projected to grow 20 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations.
About 26,800 openings for veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
See the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report for Veterinary Assistants
The Veterinary Assistant course prepares students for a new career in the field of veterinary medicine. Students will learn about the care of animals as well as how to recognize signs of illness and disease. This course also covers interpersonal communication, interaction with clients and their animals, as well as how to assist the veterinarian during examinations. Administrative duties, such as fee collection, banking, and accounts payable are also emphasized to provide the student with the skills necessary to maintain an efficient front office. This veterinary assisting course is a vital asset to the student who wishes to work in this exciting and rewarding career field.
Topics covered in this program include:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Students completing this program can sit for the Veterinary Assistant Certification (VET) exam administered by the National Workforce Career Association (NWCA).
The all-inclusive program fee covers everything a student needs to successfully complete the Veterinary Assistant program, including:
This program qualifies for the MyCAA Tuition Assistance Program sponsored by the Department of Defense—a program designed for military spouses.
Upon completing the online training program, a student is eligible* for our optional Veterinary Assisting Externship. The Veterinary Assistant Externship is a standard 40-hour unpaid rotation. The purpose of the Externship is two-fold: to give each student hands-on instruction and practice conducting a variety of procedures with supervision and to connect each student with a potential employer in their local market.
As a participant in this Clinical Externship, you must agree to provide a resume to their assigned Externship Coordinator no less than three weeks following initial contact. Failure to provide such a resume will result in students not participating in the externship opportunity. In addition, the following terms and conditions apply to the Externship:
By participating in this process, students are entering into an unpaid volunteer clinical externship opportunity which, at no time, constitutes an employee-employer relationship. The facility is under no obligation to continue your clinical experience, nor should you maintain these expectations.
*Students who wish to participate in this course’s optional, but highly recommended clinical externship, must complete their program with a grade of 70% or higher on the final exam and overall course average. All externship placements are subject to the availability, scheduling, and staffing needs of the externship sites.
We will coordinate an externship for each eligible student at a healthcare organization in their local area. In over eight years of providing this service, we have not had an instance where we could not do this—pandemic or no pandemic. With this said, we cannot guarantee a placement due to circumstances outside our control which include a lack of healthcare organizations located in a rural area, acts of God, situations where healthcare organizations have curtailed their operations due to a pandemic or other cause or in situations where a student chooses not to meet the outlined requirements.
