ah I think its the next level for general practice nursing, so sort of like how the diploma was for more practice manager sort of thing, this one is heaps more technical, so doing simple procedures, pathology stuff... basic consultations. In America the vet techs are in between nurse & vet as far as what they can do, and they are hoping to do the same thing in Australia, well thats what the resource centre says... It still has more administration sort of things like developing programs within the clinic etc etc, but I didn't have any "specialised" Cert IV or diploma I wanted to do iykwim? so I was talking with them about doing this one while I am not working full-time because it sounded heaps better for what I love doing.