Certificate
Certificate of Achievement in Veterinary Assisting
Foothill College · Veterinary Technology Program, Health Sciences and Horticulture Division · No campus · institution based in United States
- Official award
- Certificate of Achievement in Veterinary Assisting
- Pathway
- Veterinary assistantStated for United States
- Format
- OnlineTwo to three quarters
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A three-course fully online certificate in veterinary assisting with a preceptorship in the student's own veterinary workplace; it is not an AVMA-accredited technology program.
Role the program prepares for: Veterinary assistant or receptionist.
- Subject
- Veterinary assistant training
- Department
- Veterinary Technology Program, Health Sciences and Horticulture Division
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. An award title such as DVM, BVSc, BSc or MSc does not decide it, and no degree, accreditation or listing by itself grants permission to practise anywhere.
- Degree level
- CertificateA non-degree award. It is kept separate from academic degree counts and degree-only results.
- Pathway
- Veterinary assistant trainingFormal veterinary assistant training. It is a different, entry-level role and is never a substitute for a veterinary nursing, technology or veterinarian qualification.
- Why we classify it this way
- The page describes a three-course online certificate for working as a veterinary assistant or receptionist; the catalog says it is separate from the technology program and not AVMA-accredited.“This online certificate program prepares you for employment or upgrades your knowledge and skills as a Veterinary Assistant or Receptionist”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
Accreditation, evaluation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Program accreditation, evaluation status, professional-body recognition, eligibility toward registration, institutional recognition, directory listings and memberships are different things; none of them is automatic permission to practise, and recognition in one country does not guarantee registration in another.
No accreditation, recognition or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- OnlineAcademic instruction is online. Check the details for campus visits, laboratory work, attendance-based exams and mandatory clinical or workplace placements, which can still apply.
- Online instruction
- Online classroom instruction
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Not published
- Mandatory clinical or workplace placement
- A preceptorship (VTA 88A) requires working in a veterinary clinic or hospital setting at least 7.5 hours a week; students find their own preceptorship location.
- Placement arrangement
- Student arranges the placement
- Must already work in a veterinary setting
- Yes
- Placement site approval
- Not published
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Two to three quarters
- Clinical components
- Preceptorship VTA 88A in a licensed veterinary facility.
- Clinical placement
- Student-found veterinary clinic or hospital, at least 7.5 hours per week.At least 7.5 hours a week
- Intakes
- Fall
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Animal or veterinary experience requiredStudents must already have a full or part time job in a veterinary clinic to enroll in the preceptorship course.
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- A high school diploma or valid GED certificate, with proficiency in reading and writing English and mathematical computation.
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether clinical or laboratory charges, equipment and protective clothing, travel, placement expenses and insurance are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, accreditation or recognition record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)