Veterinary Office Assistant Certificate Program
year – Program
Overview
This program will prepare students to become a key member of the veterinary office and animal health care team with specific veterinary office skills and fundamental animal knowledge. Courses are designed specifically to the practice, procedures and tasks performed in a veterinary office setting which include: client relations, business communications, and an understanding of animal health care. This program provides students with a well-rounded skill set of knowledge and abilities to work effectively in the office environment of a veterinary office, association or business.
Note: Students have up to 7 years to complete all requirements
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
You may enroll in a Continuing Education course at Canadore College if you are 19 years of age or older or if you have earned an Ontario Secondary School Diploma/Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma or equivalent.
Certificate Requirements
Certificate Requirements
VOA 010 - Veterinary Office Skills and Procedures
VOA 020 - Veterinary Terminology
VOA 030 - Basic Animal Husbandry
VOA 040 - Veterinary Lab Procedures
VOA 050 - Animal Husbandry 2
VOA 060 - Veterinary Surgical Procedures
VOA 070 - Basic Veterinary Pharmacology
VOA 080 - Veterinary Anesthesia
CMM 125 - College Communications I
CIS 130 - Microsoft Word - Computer Application 1
CIS 131 - Microsoft Excel - Computer Applications 2
BUS 275 - Building and Maintaining Customer Relationships
Registration
Registration
We recommend that you use a computer to complete the online registration process as you may encounter an error if using a device such as a phone or tablet. If you have already encountered an error when registering please contact us:
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Admissions Office |
Continuing Education Office |
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705.474.7600 ext. 5123 |
705.474.7600 ext. 5601 |
What You Need
What You Need
Most college level courses require textbooks; textbooks are not included in the course fees. It is the student’s responsibility to purchase any required textbooks.
Textbooks are available at the Campus Shop for in class, Contact North, and iLearn/D2L courses. The Campus Shop does not carry most OntarioLearn textbooks. OntarioLearn textbooks can be purchased at www.textnet.ca.
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.