THE AUSTRALASIAN VETERINARY EXAMINATION PROCESS

Step 1: Eligibility Assessment

✓ (Note: for each step and each exam in those steps these checkbox criteria must all be met)
Appropriate veterinary degree/diploma

Registration, licence or eligibility to work

as a veterinarian overseas

English language assessment

Native English speaker born and

Undertake AVBC / AVEC approved
educated in UK, Ireland, Canada, USA,
No En
nglish langua ge assessment
Australia, NZ or South Africa (with
NB
B: Must pass all section s a t same attempt
evidence)?

Passed
Yes Yes No Resit
< 3 yrs?
.
Step 2: Preliminary Examination
(MCQ)
(may be waived by AVEC
Current English language assessment No See Step 1
if passed >3 years ago)
1st, 2nd or 3rd attempt? No Wait 2 ye
yeaars and seek AVEC counselling

Sit examination

Pass? No Restart Step 2

Yes

Step 3: Final (Clinical) Examination

(may be waived by AVEC
Current English language assessment No
See Step 1 if passed >3 years ago)
1s t atte
ttem
tem
mpt <3 years since passed MCQ No Back to Step 1
Final attempt <5 years since passed MCQ No Back to Step 1

1st or 2nd attempt? No Seek AVEC approval for 3rd attempt

Sit whole examination No Fail – restart Step 3 No

Pass all Supplementary 1st or 2nd

No
sections? exams? resit?

Yes
Counselling,
Yes
Training Plan &
No
Case Log

Resit Pass?

Yes
Finished Yes