The job descriptions are numerous and varied at the types of animals. There are more than three job openings for every qualified veterinary technician in the United States today. The federal and state government and the Peace Corps also hire veterinary technicians. It is the only veterinary technician school in the United States with their own teaching hospital.
Students care for the school resident animals while attending the first five quarters of school.
Their final quarter is spent as an intern at the teaching hospital where they actually practice what they have learned in the classes and laboratories at the school. Bel-Rea Institute begins classes four times a year. The next class begins June 28.