Experience Details
Do you have students who love the thought of a career where they are surrounded by animals and those who love them. Assisting in various types of surgical procedures and emergencies is exciting, and never knowing what might walk through the clinic doors next is both intriguing and challenging. If this sounds like a job for your students, and a little cat fur on their scrubs won't ruin their day, then a career as a vet tech may be around the corner.
Program Length: 1.5 Years
Format: On-Campus
Course Length: 6 Weeks
Average Class Size: 25 or Less
Veterinary technicians assist veterinarians with a wide variety of procedures and tasks, typically at veterinary hospitals and clinics. That means you'll be supporting veterinary doctors with lab procedures, exams, and animal care. You'll also work with pet owners and animal care providers to provide education and guidance for proper care and treatment, based upon the doctor's instructions. Your patients might include exotic animals, birds, large animals, and household pets, such as cats and dogs. You'll provide comfort to both the pet and the pet's caregiver, great customer service, and help ensure a clean and safe veterinary environment.
Veterinary technicians, or vet techs for short, perform a wide variety of functions, depending on the type of practice they work within. Vet techs might administer anesthesia, perform dental prophylaxis, establish and open airways, administer resuscitative oxygen procedures, administer external cardiac resuscitation, and administer medication. You'll provide wellness care, assist with exams, and more.
Administrative duties might include supporting, scheduling, and communicating with animal owners or care providers; charting, billing and bookkeeping; and general office management.
The IMBC vet tech program will train you to perform these administrative and clinical skills in our new 12,000 square foot facility in Erie, PA with all the labs and equipment you'll need for success. Since this is a specialized associate degree program, you will also take general courses, such as English, math, and biology.
The ANNA West shelter is one of our many clinical sites directly on our campus. Throughout your program, you'll interact with companion and exotic animals that are brought directly into the classroom labs.