Paraveterinary workers in Switzerland

Veterinary medical assistants in Switzerland ("Tiermedizinische/r Praxisassistent/in" / "assistantes en médecine vétérinaire" / "assistenti medicina veterinari") organized in 1991 in Berne and are represented by the Swiss Association of Veterinary Medical Assistants (, , ). The curriculum is offered in German in two or three schools and in French at a single site—Ecole Panorama in Lausanne—where students meet each Thursday starting in late August during a three-year apprenticeship for lessons in theory and one day per month for practical training. This training culminates in the award of the National Certificate ["Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis als gelernte/r / Certificat Fédéral de Capacité / Attestato federale di capacità" (CFC)]in veterinary medical assisting.