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Veterinary Hospital Assistant

Turning your passion for animals into a rewarding profession

9 Months

Program Length

On-Campus or Online

Delivery Type
Pathway Programs
Overview

Veterinary Hospital Assistant Diploma Program

You know you’d make a great veterinary hospital assistant when your energy, personality, and love for all creatures big and small brings you more joy than you’ve ever experienced. You are a calming influence to both animals and their owners, and you can think of nothing more rewarding than making sure people and their pets get the very best of care.

The 9-month Veterinary Hospital Assistant program will introduce you to lifelong friends who share your love for animals. You will gain practical know-how in key areas, ready to dive into a career where you really can make a difference by the end of the workday.

Graduates of the program become qualified “front-line” veterinary hospital assistants and regularly find rewarding careers in a variety of animal care settings like:

  • Veterinary Hospitals
  • Animal Emergency and Critical Care Clinics
  • Boarding Kennels
  • Animal Non-Profit Organizations
  • Grooming Facilities.

This focused Veterinary Hospital Assistant curriculum will give you the skills and training you need to dive into the industry, including: Medical Terminology—Breed Identification—Pharmacology—Clinical Procedures—Anatomy and Physiology —Office Procedures—Livestock and Exotics—Toxicology—Surgical Procedures—Small Animal Nutrition—Diagnostic Imaging.

The VHA program has always been a popular course at Centre for Arts and Technology. Classes begin in both April and October, and usually, fill up far in advance.

If being a Veterinary Hospital Assistant is in your future, Centre for Arts and Technology – one of the leading creative and technical schools in Canada – will help take you there.

A rewarding and fulfilling career in just 9 months.

Learn new skills and build lifelong relationships.

In the
Industry

Alumni

Our Alumni are in the industry.

Asher Road Animal Hospital, logo features: half moon with dog
Chetwynd Veterinary Hospital, logo includes medical cross with dog.
Creekside Animal Clinic Centre, script logo with rectangle border.
Crescent Fall Veterinary Hospital
Doggytopia, script logo with a dog above.
Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge Society, script logo infront of low transparency donkey outline.
KLO Veterinary Clinic, Medical cross with snake spiraling.
Sitara Animal Hospital, 3 logos include: Dog, Cat, pet Tooth.
Woofy World Kennels and Daycare. Logo includes a puppy and pawprints.
CNWT SPCA, script logo embossed.
Sunridge Veterinary Clinic, features a sunset with an outline of a dog.
Logo that reads BC SPCA Speaking for Animals
logo with heartbeat line with an outline of dog and cat
Logo with silhouette of a dog and cat
Logo of a dog and cat

The PAC

Meet Your PAC

Program Advisory Committee

Your Program Advisory Committee are made up of leading industry professionals who meet every 4 months to make our programs stay in-line with industry.

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Pathway

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What do you want to do after you’ve completed your Centre for Arts and Technology program? We’ve got options for you! Check out our pathway programs and continue your education at other institutions in Canada and across the globe.

Program Flow

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Your Program Flow

We’ve got it all mapped out for you! Check out the courses you’ll be taking at every point in your program so that you know what to expect and look forward to.

Your
Instructors

Meet the Instructors

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