Registered Veterinary Technicians (RVT)
In Ontario, Registered Veterinary Technicians must:
• Demonstrate they have graduated from an OAVT accredited or approved college |
• Successfully complete the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE) with a passing grade |
• Complete the OAVT Professionalism and Ethics Information Workshop |
• Submit a criminal records check |
• Satisfy continuing education requirements on a bi-annual basis to maintain RVT status |
The seal below indicates the presence of an RVT in your community! |
Who are Registered Veterinary Technicians?
Registered Veterinary Technicians are highly educated and trained professionals working as integral members of the veterinary health care team. Their education provides them with the theory and practical skills essential to deliver a gold standard of veterinary care. Some areas of their expertise include:
• Obtaining and processing diagnostic radiographs and ultrasound |
| • Administration and dispensation of medications and treatments as prescribed by the attending veterinarian |
| • Providing optimum husbandry, restraint and handling |
| • Anaesthetic delivery and monitoring |
| • Prevention and control of zoonotic diseases |
| • Nutrition management |
| • Animal behaviour and welfare |
| • Breeding, reproduction, and neonatal care |
| • Professional practice administration, veterinary hospital management and client relations |
| • Diagnostic laboratory tests (hematology, clinical chemistry, cytology, and urinalysis) |
| • Emergency and first aid |
| • Professionalism and ethics training |
| • Routine, intensive and emergency care of animals |
| • Public education |
| • Exotic animal medicine |
| • Extensive anatomy and physiology training |
| • Sanitation, sterilization and disinfection controls and procedures |
| • In depth knowledge of dental structures, conditions and lesions, causes and stages of diseases |
| • Surgical preparation and assistance |
| • Microbiology, immunology, bacteriology, parasitology, zoonoses, and virology |
| • Training in best practices surrounding biosecurity |
