Descriptions
Diagnoses, treats and prevents animal diseases, ailments and injuries. Registration or licensing is required.
Aliases
Veterinary Surgeon Skill Assessment
Veterinary Parasitologist Skill Assessment
Veterinary Pathologist Skill Assessment
Job Description
- Treating animals medically and surgically, and administering and prescribing drugs, analgesics, and general and local anaesthetics
- Determining the presence and nature of abnormal conditions by physical examination, laboratory testing and through diagnostic imaging techniques including radiography and ultrasound
- Performing surgery, dressing wounds and setting broken bones
- Rendering obstetric services to animals
- Participating in programs designed to prevent the occurrence and spread of animal diseases
- Inoculating animals against, and testing for, infectious diseases and notifying authorities of outbreaks of infectious animal diseases
- Performing autopsies to determine cause of death
- Advising clients on health, nutrition and feeding, hygiene, breeding and care of animals
- May provide professional services to commercial firms producing biological and pharmaceutical products
- May specialise in the treatment of a particular animal group or in a particular specialty area such as cardiology, chiropractic, dermatology or critical care
Available Visa Types
Common Visa Types

Skilled Independent visa(subclass 189)

Skilled Nominated visa(subclass 190)

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)

Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482)

Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)

Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)

Training visa (subclass 407)
Other Visa Types
489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - Family sponsored
489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
Skill Assessment
Veterinary Skills Assessment
Eligibility Assessment
- 提名职业:234711 – 兽医
- 需完成兽医学位,且学历需等同于澳大利亚 AQF 7级(兽医学学士)或更高。
- 如学历未获AVBC直接认可,需通过额外考试(NVE)。
Assessment Steps
初步技能评估(PSA)
- 用于技术移民申请。
- 核查申请人学历是否在AVBC认可的兽医学课程清单内。
步骤:
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在线提交申请。
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提交护照、学历证书、成绩单。
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AVBC审核学历是否在认证名单上。
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若认可 → 出具积极评估结果,可直接用于移民。
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若不在认证名单 → 需进入国家兽医考试路径。
国家兽医考试(NVE)路径
- 针对未完成AVBC认可学位的申请人。
步骤:
- 资格审核(学历需为兽医本科或以上,且至少为5年制课程)。
- 初步考试(MCQ笔试)– 多选题,测试基础兽医学知识。
- 最终临床考试 – 临床技能考试,包括病例处理、外科操作、诊断与治疗能力。
- 通过NVE后,方可获得积极评估结果。
Assessment Requirements
- Minimum Educational Requirements
- Bachelor of Veterinary Science (5-year program) or higher degree.
- The curriculum must cover core subjects such as: anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, surgery, internal medicine, reproduction, public health, etc.
- English Language Requirements
- If the degree was not completed in an English-speaking country → English test scores are required:
- IELTS Academic: Overall score ≥ 7.0, with each band score ≥ 7.0
- OET (Veterinary Science stream): Each sub-test score ≥ B
- TOEFL iBT: Overall score ≥ 94, with each section score ≥ 24
- PTE Academic: Overall score ≥ 65
- If the degree was not completed in an English-speaking country → English test scores are required:
- Clinical Practice Requirements
- The undergraduate program must include substantial supervised clinical placements.
- Placement content should include: small animals, large animals, equine, laboratory animals, and public health.
- Other Requirements
- PSA only accepts applicants who graduated from schools on the AVBC accredited list.
- If the degree is not from an accredited list → Must take the NVE examination.
- Veterinarians graduating from certain countries need to provide additional internship or registration proof.
Assessing Authorities
- AVBC
Information Source
https://avbc.asn.au/for-veterinarians/skills-assessment-for-migration/Skill Shortages
| Year | AUS | NSW | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | TAS | NT | ACT |
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| 2025 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 2024 | S | S | NS | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 2023 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 2022 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 2021 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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