The UK’s largest provider of veterinary nurse training, The College of Animal Welfare (CAW), has chosen City & Guilds to award its veterinary nurse provision.
CAW has been carefully evaluating the choice of awarding body following the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ (RCVS) announcement to close its awarding body (RCVS Awards) last year.
Commenting on the decision, Leslie Heaton-Smith, Director of CAW, said ‘Choosing City & Guilds was based on a number of factors and taken after lengthy consideration and extensive discussion with both City & Guilds and Central Qualifications. Our main priority was to cause minimum disruption in transferring our students and Training Practices from the RCVS to a new awarding body, we feel that by going with City & Guilds we will achieve this’. He added ‘That is not to say we weren’t impressed by Central Qualifications’ offer but having worked with City & Guilds for a number of years we felt this would enable a smooth transition for all those involved’.
CAW has already built up an excellent relationship with City & Guilds, having worked with them for many years, most notably with the development of the very successful Veterinary Care Assistants qualification and is already working with its administration and examination systems on a daily basis.
Under City & Guilds, students will take their online theory examinations at College and discussions are underway to also enable students to take their OSCE examinations at College.
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