Nutrition courses

Re: Nutrition courses

Kerry Spain — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:57:07 GMT

Hiya I paid about £450 for the course and then there is the cost of the exam at the end which is about £85 (ish)

Figures not exact as I did it a few years ago and Telford not all that good at student support so if you do enrol then you've got to be pretty much self sufficient.

Re: Nutrition courses

Steph Worsley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:38:39 GMT

course and vice versa?!?!

Re: Nutrition courses

johannapage — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:50:12 GMT

lol if you find out before me can u let me know?!?!

Re: Nutrition courses

Steph Worsley — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:39:49 GMT

damn I was going to ring them tomorrow to find out about costs as well as I am v v interested in it!

Re: Nutrition courses

johannapage — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:35:45 GMT

hello again,

my boss wants to know a bit more about the telford college C&G course but i tried calling them today and they cudnt give me the costs?!?!

Anyone have a rough idea....... their answer seems to be to put me on hold for a while

failing that does anyone know of any other places that offer it?

Re: Nutrition courses

Claire Cameron — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:04:46 GMT

Purina do a nutrition course ask your rep x

Re: Nutrition courses

Kerry Spain — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:41:25 GMT

No don't think so but I took everything in order

The VHA is more of a marketing tool where you can implement food sales to generate revenue for the practice. The weekend I went on was fab (apart from the gob shite I was sat next to but thats another story) they covered most of the food types, how and when to sell, we had a talk on companion animal loss by a really good speaker (whos name escapes me... doh) we got given a huge goodie bag with lots of useful things to use in and out of practice.

So well worth doing, you have to take an optional exam at the end which you do at home and if you pass you get a certificate to say that your a VHA and if you get the highes marks then you get a special prez. You are invited back each year for a reunion, but I never go as they are miles away.

Hope this helps

Re: Nutrition courses

Steph Worsley — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:31:13 GMT

Hi Kezza

do you have to complete the VHA to do the C&G course?

Cheers

Re: Nutrition courses

Kerry Spain — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:15:47 GMT

I think if you phone your Hill's rep and explain this they may be more likely to offer you financial support towards the courses as you can use the 'We want to sell more Hill's as a result of undertaking the courses' angle, worth a try??!!

Re: Nutrition courses

johannapage — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:12:20 GMT

oooh thanks Kez!

would it matter that we dont sell loads of hills stuff? we are a purina place - although do stock all the hills stuff, just dont have it all on display!

Re: Nutrition courses

Kerry Spain — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:32:57 GMT

Contact Hill's pet food they do a range of courses on the lifestage and prescription diets (around 5 distance learning courses in total) , they offer a weekend long course to become a VHA (Veterinary health care adviser) so you can offer your clients the gold standard in food advice (also covers maketing within the practice)

Once you've done that little lot you can enrol for the year long Certificate in Small Animal Nutrition (distance learning again through Edinburgh's Telford college).

Hope this helps