Entry onto ANA
If you want to be an Animal Nursing Assistant you must be:-
- 16 years or older.
- Working in a veterinary practice either full-time or part-time (gainfully employed).
This can be any veterinary practice and does not need to be a Veterinary Nursing Approved Centre or Training Practice.
No formal qualifications are required.
Training to be an Animal Nursing Assistant
As a Student Animal Nursing Assistant, you must:-
- Have fulfilled the entry requirements outlined above.
- Contact your course provider/college to enrol as a student
- Practical training will usually be supported by a college-based course or studying via distance learning. Please contact ABC Awards and ask for a full list of the course-providers. You will need to enrol directly with any of these course-providers.
- Training usually takes at least one year.
- Students will undertake examinations at the end of the year plus a case-log book, which is completed, based on the workplace.
The Future
Once you have passed the Animal Nursing Assistant (ANA) qualification, you are entitled to carry out duties within the veterinary practice assisting Veterinary Nurses and Veterinary Surgeons, working with animals and helping to care for them (but at no time must you undertake any Schedule 3 duties).
If you would like to enrol to undertake the Animal Nursing Assistant Qualification, please contact your Course Provider or ABC Awards either via email, phone, fax or post and request a copy of the enrolment form.