Faculty of professional
development and retraining
The Faculty of professional development and retraining was established on June 20, 1966. Its primary mission is to provide professional development and retraining for managers, specialists, workers, and staff.
Today, the Faculty offers the following programmes:
Professional Development Courses (Advanced Training)
The Faculty provides advanced training for:
- Chief district veterinary officers
- Chief veterinarians and veterinary surgeons of agricultural enterprises, district veterinary clinics, and regional veterinary stations
- Veterinary inspectors of the State Veterinary Supervision Service
- Heads (veterinarians) of veterinary and sanitary testing laboratories
- Chief veterinarians (veterinarians) of meat processing plants
- Veterinarians at meat processing facilities and slaughterhouses
- Veterinarians of the State Veterinary Supervision Service at the state border and on transport
- Veterinary epidemiologists
- Veterinarians at pig-breeding complexes
- Veterinary parasitologists
- Veterinary serologists
- Veterinary toxicologists
- Veterinary bacteriologists
- Veterinary virologists
- Veterinary orthopaedists
- Veterinarians of district and city veterinary stations
- Veterinary gynaecologists at agricultural enterprises, district veterinary stations, breeding enterprises, and pedigree farms
- Veterinarians at poultry farms
- Veterinary biochemists and toxicologists at veterinary laboratories
- Animal scientists (zootechnicians) at agricultural enterprises
- And other specialists
Retraining Programmes for Agricultural Specialists
- Artificial Insemination Operator for Animals and Poultry
Retraining Programmes for Agricultural Workers
- Veterinary Attendant (Sanitary Assistant)
Retraining Programmes for Managers and Specialists with Higher Education
The Faculty offers retraining in the following specialisations:
- Veterinary Epidemiology
- Veterinary Pharmacy
- Veterinary Sanitation and Expertise
- Organisation of Veterinary Supervision at the State Border and on Transport
- Veterinary Surgery
- Veterinary Pathological Anatomy
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Veterinary Biochemistry
- Veterinary Therapy
Practical Assistance to Agricultural Enterprises
The Faculty actively provides practical support to agricultural organisations across the Republic of Belarus. Faculty members travel to various regions of Belarus to deliver lectures and offer scientific, practical, and consultative assistance to managers and specialists of agricultural enterprises. This support has now been extended to agricultural organisations and enterprises in the Russian Federation as well.
Vice-rector for Academic Affairs – Dean of the Professional Development and Retraining Faculty
Motuzka Nikolai
PhD in Biological Sciences, associate professor
tel.: +375 (212) 48-17-33
email: fpk@vsavm.by