CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Veterinary Hospitals
- Specialty
- Emergency
- University
- Wildlife refuges
- Zoological parks
 
Pharmaceutical
- Sales
- Development
- Pet food company

Humane Organizations
- Animal Shelters
- Humane Societies

Animal Care
- Boarding facilities
- Pet sitting service
- Stables-racetracks-ranches
- Training facilities
- Police
- Military

Laboratory
- Veterinary clinical labs
- Animal medical studies
- Research laboratories

Education
- Teaching-Research

Emergency Disaster Response Force
- American Veterinary Medical Association

Associate Degree

The mission of the Veterinary Technician program is to prepare students to work in a small animal clinic setting. While the emphasis is on small animal settings, the student is also exposed to large animal and research information.

Veterinary Technician graduates may begin their careers in veterinary offices, clinics, hospitals, or in private or government sponsored research facilities and food inspection. The courses in the Veterinary Technician program will unfold understanding in areas of anatomy and physiology, laboratory and surgical techniques, anesthesiology, radiology and an extensive externship, which provides the graduate with an advanced technical background.

The Veterinary Technician graduate is prepared to perform a wide variety of medical procedures, to produce diagnostic radiographs and to become a vital member of the veterinary health care team. Courses in communications and other business and general areas furnish the graduate with additional skills for educating clients and for the veterinary business environment.

In addition to the required number of credit hours for completion of the Veterinary Technician Program, students are required to acquire Pre-occupational Development Skills (PODS). These volunteer hours are required as follows:

First Year PODS hours: Twenty hours spent assisting at various non-profit facilities approved by the program director. Forty hours of kennel duty at various facilities approved by the program director

Second Year PODS hours: Forty hours of large animal experience at various facilities approved by the program director and may be started at any time after completion of first year required duties. Technical training with large animal species will be done during mandatory field trips and will account for at least 10 of the 40 hours required.

CLINICAL TRAINING
- Small/Large animal
- Examination-restraint
- Laboratory testing
- Radiology
- Pharmacology
- Electrocardiogram
- Treatments-Medication/injection
- Surgical assisting

OFFICE TRAINING
- Telephone etiquette
- Client Reception
- Computer-veterinary software
- Bookkeeping-billing/collection
- Maintaining patient records
- Administrative procedures
- Supply/inventory control

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