Animal Care and Management Training Package
The Animal Care and Management Training Package covers industry sectors including:
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The current Animal Care and Management Training Package, ACM10, was endorsed by the National Quality Council (NQC) in June 2010 and published on the National Training Information Service (NTIS) website on 11 November 2010.
Endorsed Materials
Superseded Material
NTIS is offline and material from superseded Training Packages is not available on its replacement, TGA. Follow the link below for supseded material related to the ACM10 Training Package.
Animal Care and Management Continuous Improvement Projects
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AgriFood Skills Australia continues to work with industry to simplify the structure and increase the level of flexibility within AgriFood Training Packages, to respond to the evolving nature of job roles within the industry.
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Background Information
The first Veterinary Nursing Training Package (RUV98) was endorsed in June 1998, and became the basis of vocational education and training (VET) for the veterinary nursing industry in Australia.
In September 2000 the review of the RUV98 Training Package began and was endorsed by the National Quality Council in February 2004. Phase one resulted in a report highlighting proposed changes to the RUV98 Units of Competency and Qualifications as well as additional Qualifications and Units of Competency for other industry sectors to be developed in phase two.
The title of the Training Package was also changed from Veterinary Nursing to Animal Care and Management. This change was required to service a wide range of jobs and roles that form part of the broader animal care and management industry. The key industry sectors included in RUV04 were:
- animal control and regulation
- animal technology
- captive animals
- companion animal services
- veterinary nursing.
RUV04 was endorsed in February 2004 with a review date of 27 February 2007.
In November 2005 the Board of the Agri-Food Industry Skills Council (now AgriFood Skills Australia) approved the initiation of the RUV04 Animal Care and Management Training Package Phase 1 Review - Environmental Scan that was competed in September 2006.
In 2006, a separate Environmental Scan was initiated, following several requests to AgriFood Skills Australia for the inclusion of national training standards for the farriery trade. A national survey was conducted in collaboration with the two Farrier National Industry Associations, state branches and relevant Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) resulting in unanimous support for the inclusion of the Victorian accredited Certificate III in Farriery (Trade) Course into the Animal Care and Management Training Package.
Phase 2 of the RUV04 Training Package review began in February 2009, and the new Animal Care and Management Training Package, ACM10, was endorsed by the National Quality Council in June 2010.