Personalised and Professional Education and Training (RTO Code 31424)
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Personalised and Professional Education and Training (RTO Code 31424)
Once you have commenced your course and you have received your enrolment confirmation and login details to the student portal, watch the orientation video to understand how the course works.
Shortly after you receive your course login details and timetable, utilise the first week to familiarise yourself with the platform and book your orientation call with your Personal Training consultant. However, if after viewing the video, you have any urgent questions, please feel free to contact a Student Support Coordinator on +61732616005 or email studentsupport@provet.com.au.
Job Preparation
The Animal Industries Resource Centre assists students by providing students with interview, resume and job searching techniques. The Animal Industries Resource Centre staff has extensive overseas contacts and can support you with information in this area.
Disability and Learning Support
The Animal Industries Resource Centre has a policy to support students with physical or learning difficulties. All students are provided with a Learning, Literacy and Numeracy assessment prior to enrolment. This will enable the Animal Industries Resource Centre to provide assistance and guidance to support students with learning difficulties.
Students are advised to contact the Animal Industries Resource Centre and we will co-ordinate specific support or alternatively the student may wish to contact the relevant organisation themselves from the following list. The AIRC use these assessments to ensure the needs learners is being met.
Australia: Skills impact
Queensland: Vocational Education and Training Disability Support Service (VDSS)
South Australia: The Specific Learning Difficulties Association of South Australia (SPELD)
New South Wales: Adult Literacy and Numeracy Council
Tasmania: Australian Literacy Educator’s Association
Victoria: Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council
Western Australia: Read Write Now
Career Advice
We are committed to assisting students with a variety of matters relating to their veterinary nursing career such as education planning, career choice decisions and further study options. Our Student Support Coordinators are always available to help with any career advice.
Job Placement
The Animal Industries Resource Centre team has extensive contacts within the industry and can support you with further information in this area.
Disability and Learning Support
The Animal Industries Resource Centre has a policy to support students with physical or learning difficulties. All trainees are provided with a Learning, Literacy and Numeracy assessment prior to enrolment. This will enable the Animal Industries Resource Centre to provide assistance and guidance to support students with learning difficulties.
Students are advised to contact the Animal Industries Resource Centre and we will co-ordinate specific support or alternatively the student may wish to contact the relevant organisation themselves. The AIRC uses these assessments to ensure the needs of learners are being met.
Access and Equity Policy
AIRC will ensure that all members of the community will be treated equitably through the fair allocation of resources and the right to equality of opportunity without discrimination. AIRC is committed to support those people who may be disadvantaged, with special support where necessary to enhance their opportunities for success in its training programs.
These textbooks and others can be purchased through your preferred veterinary wholesaler or online.
Certificate of Veterinary Nursing
Whilst not compulsory, the AIRC highly recommends that Veterinary Nursing students purchase ONE of the following textbooks:
BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing by Cooper, Mullinmeaux & Turner (ISBN 978-1-905319-26-8) OR
The Complete Textbook of Veterinary Nursing by Victoria Aspinall (ISBN 978-0-750688-47-5)
It is also recommended that students have access to a Veterinary Dictionary to assist with terminology definition. AIRC recommends:
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary by Blood & Studdert (ISBN 9780702027888) OR
Dictionary of Veterinary Nursing. Lane (ISBN9780702066351).
Diploma of Veterinary Nursing
The following books are recommended for diploma courses:
Diploma of Leadership and Management
Whilst not compulsory, the AIRC highly recommends that Leadership and Management students purchase ONE of the following textbooks:
Mentoring involves going above and beyond. It is a relationship in which a person with greater experience, expertise, and wisdom; offers counsel, teaching and guidance. It is being sincerely interested in helping another person to develop both personally and professionally.
The concept of mentoring is a vital one to the AIRC as it enhances the “theoretical” knowledge gained in study and assists the student to apply it in the workplace. It also gives the student experience and knowledge that can’t be taught in traditional study modes – the practical, personal and industry-specific experience that the mentor holds. In the context of the AIRC, mentoring means the pairing of a more skilled worker with a less skilled worker, to follow learning goals.
A relationship built on mentoring can be rewarding not only for the mentor but also for the student. Mentors can use their own positive experiences and learning values to help their students expand their knowledge and skills.
There is no gold star reward at the end but you do get the personal satisfaction of being involved in someone else’s growth and development. Some mentors just want to give something back to their profession, have a positive influence and in some instances just want to help out.
Mentors need to believe in the value of their work without worrying about returned favours. If you are ready, the personal satisfaction will be worth the time and effort.
For a successful and productive mentoring relationship, it is important for both the mentor and mentee to have a common view of their roles and to understand how to get the best out of the mentoring experience.
It is often the case that you may not have all the knowledge and experience required to support your student. A good mentor knows when to seek information from other sources and when to put the student in contact with another person who may also provide help.
The best mentors are often those that have had positive mentoring experiences themselves but this should not stop anyone with the desire to be a mentor from doing so.
Are you…
Approachable, reliable and have patience to help the student develop?
Able to be empathetic to a student’s needs and be open minded about their own circumstances?
Able to provide honest feedback in a positive way?
Can you give the thumbs up?
Are you ready willing and able to mentor others?
Are you emotionally and psychologically prepared to invest time and effort in empowering another person?
Are you ready to make such a commitment?
Do you have the time, the skills and the freedom to devote yourself to another person?
Are you…
Can you give the thumbs up?
Responsibilities:
Tips for being a good mentor
Other Important Points
Develop a good mentor student relationship by:
If all is not going to plan…
Agreeing to be a mentor should be a rewarding experience but unfortunately in some cases it just doesn’t work out. This may be due to lack of experience on the mentors part, lack of communication, poor time management or resources or poor attitude of the student. Whatever the reason, it is important to recognise any problems as early as possible and address them quickly. Speak to your student in a calm and positive way and try to identify what the problem is. Once the problem is identified, establish a plan to move forward. In some instances it may be better to change the mentoring arrangements. The student may find more success with another mentor or the mentor may find a more rewarding experience with another student. Regardless of the reasons if the mentoring relationship must end ensure it is done with politeness and in a positive way.
As a mentor avoid:
The mentor must be wise enough to remain loyal through all phases of the student’s growth. Mistakes may happen and poor judgement may be used, and emotional responses must be supported while gently pointing out more positive methods.
The capacity to have an honest discussion without consequences can be enriching. The mentor relationship has a quality that can expand in times of frustration, change, or self-doubt. Mentors and role models are both positive methods that influence, occasionally by their absence, the development of leadership skill in novice nurses.
Mentoring is a management, practical and interpersonal tool to be used in professional career development. Mentoring, whether formal or informal, must be considered a professional responsibility.
Student Responsibilities