Certificate III in Animal Care Services (Animal Care)
ACM30122

You may find employment as:

• animal attendant (veterinary clinic)
• animal care attendant (animal shelter)
• assistant animal welfare officer
• assistant dog groomer
• kennel hand or cattery attendant
• pet shop attendant.

Pathway

Use this program as a pathway towards a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing ACM40418, opening up your access to a range of clinical, surgical and specialist nursing roles.

If you choose to further your studies by completing a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, you will receive substantial credit for your Certificate III in Animal Care Services. This means you will be able to graduate faster, enter the industry sooner and earn higher wages.

To achieve this qualification, you must complete 17 units of competency over 18 months.

Credit transfers:  Our Study periods are made up of units of competency so you can apply what you’ve learned in a real-world context. If we approve your credit transfer for one unit within a study period, we will waive your fee for that unit. In your assessment for the study period, you’ll have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills you’ve previously acquired. If we approve credit transfers for all your units within a study period, you won’t need to complete the study period. We do this so you can transfer your credits and successfully learn and be assessed in this program.

Entry requirements

You will need to have access to a suitable workplace, as assessed by UQ Skills, prior to starting your first work placement. This can be either on an employed or volunteer basis to meet the vocational placement requirements.

Vaccination requirements

As you'll be exposed to animals and agricultural environments as part of your learning, immunisations against tetanus are mandatory. You'll need to provide evidence of immunisation when you start your program.

You may also require vaccination against Q fever, lyssavirus, rabies or influenza (flu), depending on the work and environment within which you interact with animals.

If you fail to complete mandatory requirements, this may affect your ability to fulfil the inherent requirements of your program.

For more information visit UQ’s student immunisation requirements webpage.

Read our blog post on finding an animal care or vet nurse work placement.

Certificate 3 Guarantee

Subsidised co-contribution fees:

• Enrolment fee (upfront, non-refundable): $540
• Concessional: $3,550
• Non-concessional: $4,290
• Full fee without funding: $7,680

Visit our Funding page to find out more.

NSW Smart and Skilled

• Enrolment fee (non-refundable): $540
• Concessional: $240
• First qualification: $1,400
• Second for further qualification: $1,690
• Full fee without funding: $7,680

This training is subsidised by the NSW Government. Visit our Funding page to find out more.

Regions covered by NSW Smart and Skilled for this training

• Central West
• Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
• Murray
• Richmond – Tweed
• Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
• Sydney

Visit our Funding page to find out more.

Payment plans

Payment plans are available for this program. They incur a 10 per cent processing fee.

Contact us to find out more.