Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC)

Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) is one of the highest organisations operating and representing more than 300,000 of the professionals across the country. The organisation was founded to administer and recognise the professional strategies, ideas and standards of practice. Although, the main objective is to maintain and administer the standards of practice and status of the professionals, over the years, additional affairs were assigned to the main mission of AVBC. Thus, today’s mission of the council is also to support the welfare of the community through the influence and practice of practitioners.  

Being a part of the council provides a wide range of opportunities for its members. Members of AVBC can stay up to date with the information and knowledge in their field of practice. This will promote the benefits of such professions for the Australian community. Being a member of this Council gives the professionals a collective strong voice to uphold their interests and status in the country. Nevertheless, the organisation represents the interests of the members to governmental bodies.

AVBC is the only assessing authority that assesses the applicant’s skills and qualifications who wish to migrate to Australia with the purpose to work and practice their profession.

AVBC roles and responsibilities:

·         Developing policy on the issue of concerns;

·         Making submissions to government;

·         Advocating on behalf of their members;

·         Providing guidelines for expert witnessing procedures;

·         Registering the members for national registration;

·         Recognition and assessing the overseas professionals’ qualification;

·         Submitting for the review of higher education financing & policy; and

·         Responding to higher education at the Crossroads Discussion Paper.  

The list of occupations assessed by AVBC can be found below:

Skill Assessment Procedure for migration:

Applicants, who wish to apply for migration to Australia under Skill Assessment Migration program, must have their qualifications assessed. AVBC as the assessing authority for veterinarian professionals is authorised to assess the applicants’ qualifications. Accordingly, applicants are required to complete and post the Skills Assessment Application form to Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc, to be determined if they are suitable for the occupation and  migration purposes.

Candidates who wish to practice their profession in Australia and have applied for Skills Assessment must also be registered. This means, applicants must be registered with the veterinary registration board of the state or territory they wish to pursue their career. The candidates must fall within any either of the below categories to be eligible for registration:

·         Awarded an AVBC accredited veterinary qualification in Australia or New Zealand; or

·         Eligible to apply for registration without further examination; or

·         Have passed the National Veterinary Examination.

Here is the list of links that may be useful: 

Immigration

·         Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)