ASC180 Animal Handling and Health Care (8)

Abstract

This subject introduces you (the student) to the animal care and veterinary services industry and to key foundational knowledge and skills that will enable you to appropriately handle and restrain animals and provide for their behavioural and nutritional needs. In addition, you will develop digital literacy skills, as well as the ability to analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities and solve a range of real life situations. This subject will assist you to develop self reflection and self assessment skills in order to develop a strategy for professional lifelong learning. This will be achieved through online quizzes and formal academic writing assessment tasks. Teaching activities include exploring the online learning environment through participating in chat rooms, blogs and forums, exploring different social media as learning platforms, discovering your learning styles, and developing time management strategies. This subject includes online modules, 10 days of workplace learning (in a veterinary clinic) and a 3 day residential school (conducted on the GOTAFE campus at Wangaratta, Victoria) during which you will begin to develop practical skills essential for a veterinary technologist.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 1
Internal	Wagga Wagga Campus
Distance	Wangaratta

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ASC180
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Enrolment restrictions

Restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Veterinary Technology

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to safely handle and restrain animals;
be able to identify animals from a range of different species and breeds;
be able to describe and provide for an animal's husbandry, behavioural and nutritional needs;
be able to describe and provide high standards and hygiene and infection control;
be able to describe and identify 'normal' parameters and variations from normality in animals;
be able to observe and monitor animal patients;
be able to administer treatments under appropriate (veterinary) supervision;
to able to provide nursing to hospitalised (animal) patients;
be able to describe the structure of the animal care and veterinary services industry and the different roles within the industry;
be able to effectively communicate within the workplace with peers, clients and supervisors; and
be able to demonstrate safe workplace practices.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

The structure of the animal care and veterinary services industry and careers paths for veterinary technologists
Animal species and breeds
Introduction to animal anatomy and physiology
Introduction to animal behaviour, welfare, nutrition and general husbandry
Animal handling
Physical examination of animals
The role of the veterinary technologist in the administration of treatments to animals
Introduction to veterinary legislation
Introduction to animal health and infection control
Occupational health and safety in the animal care and veterinary services industry
The structure of the animal care and veterinary services industry
Introduction to veterinary workplace policies and procedures
Introduction to veterinary workplace communications and calculations

Residential School

This subject contains a compulsory 3 day residential school. The purpose of the residential school is to ensure students have the competencies that veterinary technologists are expected to have (based on industry needs). The program will include tutorials and practical classes associated with the following: appropriate handling and restraint of a range of different animal species, basic animal care routines and administration of medications.

Work Place Learning

This subject contains a Compulsory Workplace Learning component of 10 days duration. The workplace learning is to be undertaken in a veterinary clinic and involves the student gaining practical skills associated with the care and handling of animals. This subject contains a Compulsory Workplace Learning component of 10 days duration. The workplace learning is to be undertaken in a veterinary clinic and involves the student gaining practical skills associated with the care and handling of animals.

Specialised Resources

Students will be required to undertake 10 days of workplace learning (in a veterinary clinic) for which they will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation. Travel and accommodation may also be required to attend a 3 day, compulsory residential school (for both internal and distance education students) conducted on the GOTAFE campus at Wangaratta, Victoria.

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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

Handbook 2015