Your Responsibility
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have submitted all required documents with your application before proceeding with payment. All documents must be in the correct format and must meet the standards outlined for acceptance.
If you pay for an assessment and you are found to be ineligible to have applied, the application fee will not be refunded.
Skills Assessment
You should not pay for a skills assessment online unless you are sure that you have read and understood the requirements of the application process and are confident that you have submitted a completed application in this regard. Common omissions are failure to provide evidence of a current pass in an English proficiency test to the standard required by the AVBC and failure to provide evidence of your current registration as a veterinarian with an Australian State or Territory.
If your native language is not English, you must provide evidence that you meet AVBC’s English Language Standards. If you are required to take the English Language Test Pathway, you must achieve the required minimum scores in one of the approved English language tests specified here:
• IELTS (academic module) – a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• OET – a minimum score of B or 350 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• PTE Academic – a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• TOEFL iBT with a minimum score in each section of the test as follows: 24 for listening, 24 for reading, 27 for writing, 23 for speaking
The result must have been achieved within the last two years.
Evidence of your current registration with an Australian veterinary registration board is required.
The requirements of the Skills Assessment application process are detailed on this website and on the application form itself. Please make sure you are familiar with them.
If you pay for a Skills Assessment and you are found to be ineligible to have applied, the application fee will not be refunded.
Australasian Veterinary Examination (AVE) – Eligibility Assessment
You should not pay for an eligibility assessment online unless you are sure that you have read and understood the criteria for eligibility and have submitted a completed application in this regard. A common omission is failure to provide evidence of a current pass in an English proficiency test to the standard required by the AVBC.
If your native language is not English, you must provide evidence that you meet AVBC’s English Language Standards. If you are required to take the English Language Test Pathway, you must achieve the required minimum scores in one of the approved English language tests specified here:
• IELTS (academic module) – a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• OET – a minimum score of B or 350 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• PTE Academic – a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• TOEFL iBT with a minimum score in each section of the test as follows: 24 for listening, 24 for reading, 27 for writing, 23 for speaking
The result must have been achieved within the last two years.
The requirements for AVE Eligibility Assessment are detailed on this website and on the application form. Please make sure you are familiar with them.
If you pay for an assessment and you are found to be ineligible to have applied, the application fee will not be refunded.
AVE Examinations : Preliminary Examination (MCQ) & Final (Clinical) Examination – Withdrawal Fees
Once you have applied to AVBC and been accepted for a particular examination session, withdrawal from the examination session will result in a cancellation fee.
Preliminary (MCQ) Examination
If notice of the withdrawal is received at least four weeks prior to the examination, a cancellation fee of $AUD500 will apply and this will be deducted from the amount of examination fee to be refunded. The examination fee will be forfeited altogether if the withdrawal is made less than four weeks prior to the examination, unless a medical certificate is provided in which case the $AUD500 cancellation fee will apply.
Final (Clinical) Examination
Withdrawal before 1 October will result in a cancellation fee of $AUD500. Withdrawal after 1 October will result in the total fee being forfeited.
Contact Us
For further information:
Phone : +61 (03) 9620 7844
Email : admin@avbc.asn.au
Office Hours : 9.00am – 4.30pm (Melbourne, Australia)