Wildlife Careers

Working with wildlife is a rewarding career!

Check out these useful website links which may assist you in making important choices about your future. 

Melbourne University Faculty of Veterinary Science has detailed information on its course and pre-requisites on this website:
www.vet.unimelb.edu.au

• Veterinary Nursing
• Captive Animals (Zookeeping)
• Animal Studies
• Animal Technology
• Companion Animal Services
• Equine Industry

These Diploma and Certificate courses are all offered at Box Hill Institute of TAFE. Details can be viewed on this website:
www.bhtafe.edu.au/Courses/Indexes/AnimalStudiesCourses.htm 

Box Hill Institute of TAFE offers short courses including this one which would be needed for work as a wildlife carer:
www.bhtafe.edu.au/ShortCourses/AAS40.htm
www.dse.vic.gov.au 

Other Career Contacts:

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  www.csiro.au
• Conservation Volunteers Australia
  www.conservationvolunteers.com.au
• Department of Primary Industries
  Department of Sustainability and Environment
  www.dse.vic.gov.au  (select "About Us" and then select "Careers")
• Environment Australia
  www.environment.gov.au
• Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
  www.epa.vic.gov.au
• Marine Education Society of Australasia
  www.mesa.edu.au
• Parks Victoria
  www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
• Zoos Victoria
  www.zoo.org.au

Current Vet Students

If you are a vet student and would like to gain work experience at AWHC, you can fill out the online vet student request form.