Veterinary Assistant - American College of Healthcare and Technology

Program Facts

Credential: Diploma
Program Length: 8 months
Start Date: Monthly
Campuses: Riverside Campus & Huntington Park Campus
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (323) 585-9000

* Note: For additional course details and campus locations see Program Outline.

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The Veterinary Assistant program at the American College of Healthcare and Technology (ACHT) in Riverside, California and Huntington Park, California gives students the skills needed to work in a veterinary office.

Veterinary Assistants play an important role as a member of the veterinary healthcare team that aids the veterinarian and veterinarian technician perform daily tasks. Our Veterinary Assistant Training program is designed to provide graduates with the basic skills necessary to assist a veterinarian and veterinary technician.

Students are introduced to basic animal nursing and animal care. Students will also learn computer basics, veterinary anatomy & physiology and terminology, office and hospital procedures and billing, pharmacology and vaccinations.

Program Overview

Veterinary assistants are animal caretakers that work in a variety of environments such as veterinary hospitals and clinics, emergency and specialty hospitals, animal shelters, zoo and wildlife centers, animal control departments, diagnostic laboratories, pharmaceutical and supply distribution facilities and animal research agencies.

Along with caring for the well-being of the animals, veterinary assistants perform surgical preparations using aseptic techniques and how to aid the veterinarian or veterinary technician with physical monitoring of recovering surgical patients. Veterinary assistants also assist in laboratory procedures such as collecting samples and how to handle them safely. Students will learn laboratory record keeping, and stocking laboratory supplies.

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