APPLICATION/ADMISSION

 The Health Occupation Aptitude Examination-Revised (HOAE-R) will be administered at every college.  Examination schedules and methods of test delivery vary among colleges.  Colleges may use a paper/pencil or computer-delivered presentation or both.  The HOAE-R will be administered frequently throughout each academic semester, although testing schedules will vary among colleges.  On-request testing is available at some campuses.

Interested applicants must contact the person listed below to schedule a test date and time.  Please call the below contacts for inquiries for test dates and deadlines. 

Contact the following people to register for testing: 

Tom Cardwell                                                                           Gloria Oliver

Director of Assessment                                                             Testing Coordinator

John A Logan College                                                            Rend Lake College

700 Logan College Road                                                            468 North Ken Gray Parkway

Carterville, IL 62918                                                                  Ina, IL 62846

Phone (618) 985-3741                                                                Phone (618) 437-5321, ext. 1268

 

Ed Rose                                                                                   Kari Gholson

Title III Retention Specialist                                                       Learning Skills Center Supervisor

Southeastern Illinois College                                                 Shawnee Community College

3575 College Rd.                                                                       8364 Shawnee College Road

Harrisburg, IL  62946                                                                Ullin, IL 62992

Phone (618) 252-5400, ext. 2442                                                Phone (618) 634-3316

 

Dean Daum

Success Center/Testing Coordinator

Kaskaskia College

27210 College Road

Centralia, IL 62801

Phone: (618) 545-3074  

 You will be charged a basic fee of $25.00 by the college to take the Health Occupation Aptitude Examination - Revised. Students may apply at only one community college for entrance into a program. 

 HOAE-R scores will be considered valid for two academic years.   Colleges will cross check testing lists to be certain that an applicant has not taken the Health Occupation Aptitude Examination - Revised more than two times within an academic year.

 If an applicant has taken this test more than two times total within an academic year at one or more campuses, any application to the Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market Vet Tech Program will be considered INVALID.

 PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Veterinary Technology (two year) Associate Degree in Applied Science Program is offered through the Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market (SICCM) and is offered cooperatively with John A. Logan College, Kaskaskia College, Rend Lake College, Shawnee Community College, and Southeastern Illinois College.

Students are admitted to the Vet Tech Program and register for all courses through their home campus. General education courses are taken at the student’s home campus, but all Vet Tech courses are taught in the SICCM vicinity in Herrin, Illinois or at the Southern Illinois University farms. This may require students to travel an hour or more to classes. In addition, clinical rotations may require considerable driving in the program. Students will need to have transportation to accomplish travel requirements in the Vet Tech Program.  Travel time will need to be considered as well between home and the student’s campus.        

Because the regions of the five cooperating colleges are large, traveling is an integral element of the consortium program.  Time commitment is significant in this intense curriculum, and includes travel to Vet Tech classes and fieldwork assignments.  Efforts are made to minimize travel where possible, accomplished by grouping classes and coordinating clinical rotation sites.

The Vet Tech curriculum is designed to provide a progressive transition from beginning student to entry-level technician.  During the coursework and internships, students will develop entry-level competencies necessary to provide services in a variety of veterinary and animal health settings.  The veterinary Technology graduate will possess the technical skills necessary to collaborate with veterinarians in providing animal health care and incorporate values and attitudes that reflect the profession's practice standards and ethics.  Expected program outcomes are that the student will:

1.  Complete program coursework and fieldwork successfully,

2.  Pass national certification examination for veterinary technicians upon        graduation,

3.  Demonstrate ability to provide high quality entry-level veterinary technology services (under the required supervision of a veterinarian, in consumer and patient-care environments),

4.  Incorporate values and attitudes congruent with the professions core values and code of ethics,

5.  Demonstrate the understanding of need for life-long personal and professional growth, and

6.  Recognize employment opportunities in traditional and non-traditional settings.

The Vet Tech program is full-time only, with courses offered in specific sequence.  All Vet Tech courses in a semester must be taken and passed in order to progress to all Vet Tech coursework of the next semester.  Both the Vet Tech courses and college natural science courses must be passed with a grade of “C” (75%) or better.  The program is designed to be completed within two academic years, including one clinical rotation during the summer session after the first two semesters.