昆士兰大学

Play a vital role in animal health and welfare by gaining practical business skills, advanced clinical expertise and specialised knowledge in veterinary technology with this hands-on dual program.

This four-year dual program will develop your business skills and para-veterinary expertise to prepare you for a career in the Australian agribusiness and veterinary technology industries.

You'll learn to market, finance and manage people and technology along the agrifood value chain linking producers with consumers. You'll acquire knowledge of the business disciplines including domestic and international marketing, commodity trading, human resource management, finance, supply chain management, sustainability and the e-technologies used to drive efficiency in agriculture.

As a para-veterinary healthcare specialist, you'll be equipped with critical thinking, problem solving and self-directed learning skills, preparing you for supervisory and management roles in a range of animal-related fields.

You'll study animal handling and care, welfare and behaviour, applied and clinical nutrition, mechanisms of animal disease and diagnostic techniques, clinical aspects of small and large animal health, veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics, veterinary surgical and medical nursing principles, and veterinary practice management.

In your first and second years, you'll gain at least 80 hours of practical sessions and off-campus studies of 30 days. In your third year, you'll complete a total of 19 weeks on clinical rotation and placement, where you'll connect with industry professionals and be exposed to workplace practice.

Career possibilities

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

• Veterinary technician
• Production processing technician
• Veterinary pathologist
• Quality assurance officer
• Biosecurity officer
• Agribusiness analyst
• Export trader
• Farm management consultant
• Commercial manager, grain and commodities
• Veterinary pharmaceutical representative