Current AMTRA Examination centres also offering training courses are listed below, with the timetable of courses and examinations currently on offer. Further exam dates and optional training courses will be added to this list as they become available. Check the AMTRA website for the most up to date information.
If you’re looking for information about the “CPD exam” for those without enough CPD points, please see the CPD exam page.
Please also read “Becoming an SQP: book an exam” for more information on exams.
Exam bookings must be received by AMTRA an absolute minimum of 3 weeks prior to the exam date. Some exams fill up well in advance.
Please note that all exams are subject to minimum numbers: we regret that very occasionally it may be necessary to cancel an exam if insufficient people book for a particular date.
The exam booking form can be found inside the front cover of your training manual, or on the “Becoming an SQP: book an exam” page.
Please note: exam centres are suitable for access by wheelchair or by others with mobility difficulties, but if this is likely to be relevant to you, please contact Harper Adams University before your exam.
Exam timetables and available modules at each centreThe exams at each of the exam centres are timetabled in two ways, which may influence which modules you can sit:
PLEASE NOTE that if no training course and/or exam is currently scheduled at a centre, then we hope to be able to announce a date at some point, but cannot guarantee that there will be a future date at that location. Training courses in particular are organised by the colleges and partly driven by demand, so if you want to do a training course at a particular place, please contact them and let them know. Individuals or businesses may also wish to contact Sally Harmer Animal Health Consultancy – details at the bottom of this page. |
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 1):14 & 15 December 2017 | Thursday 23 November 2017 |
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 1): 17 & 18 October 2017 | Tuesday 26 September 2017 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 1): 23 & 24 April 2018 | Tuesday 3 April 2018 |
For details of training course costs for Askham Bryan College and Newton Rigg College
Contact: Sarah Wickham, Askham Bryan College, York, YO23 3FR
Email: sarah.wickham@askham-bryan.ac.uk
Telephone: 01904 772343
Training courses to be held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire:
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| 7 & 8 November 2017 | (exam timetable 2): 21 November 2017 EXAM FULL – no further bookings |
Tuesday 31 October 2017 |
| EXTRA NEW EXAM DATE | (exam timetable 2): 29 November 2017 | Wednesday 8 November 2017 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 27 February 2018 | Tuesday 6 February 2018 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 25 April 2018 | Wednesday 4 April 2018 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 16 May 2018 | Wednesday 25 April 2018 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 1 August 2018 | Wednesday 11 July 2018 |
Exams include Resits, Vivas, Base, Equine, Companion & Avian modules – Farm module not included
All examinations take place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Courses cost £210+VAT for BETA members, or £260+VAT for non-members.
For further details of courses
Contact: Tina Hustler, BETA, Stockeld Park, Wetherby, LS22 4AW
Email: tinar@beta-int.com
Telephone: 01937 587062
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Base mod: 23 to 25 October 2017 Companion mod: 26 October 2017 Equine module: 27 October 2017 Farm module: 30 & 31 Oct 2017 |
(exam timetable 1): 4 & 5 Dec. 2017 | Monday 13 November 2017 |
| Course dates coming soon | (exam timetable 1): 2 & 3 July 2018 | Monday 11 June 2018 |
For further details of costs and to book training or revision courses
Contact: Chris Godolphin, Bicton College, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BY
Email: chris.godolphin@duchy.ac.uk
Telephone: 01395 562403 (Ext. 7403)
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Base module: 30 Oct to 1 Nov 2017 Farm module: 6 & 7 November 2017 Equine module: 13 November 2017 Companion mod: 14 November 2017 |
(exam timetable 1): 14 & 15 February 2018 | Wednesday 24 January 2018 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 1): 4 & 5 July 2018 | Thursday 14 June 2018 |
For further details of costs and to book training courses contact Colin Alexander
Short Course Manager, College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise, Greenmount Campus, 45 Tirgracy Road, Antrim, BT41 4PS
Email: colin.alexander@dardni.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 9442 6736
| Training course dates | Exam dates | Booking deadline dates |
| Base module: 11 to 13 Sept 2017 Farm module: 14 & 15 Sept 2017 Companion mod: 12 Sept 2017 Equine module: 13 Sept 2017 |
(exam timetable 1): 18 & 19 December 2017 | Tuesday 28 November 2017 |
| Base module: 8 to 10 January 2018 Farm module: 10 to 12 January 2018 Comp. module: 20 February 2018 Equine module: 21 February 2018 |
(exam timetable 1): 22 & 23 February 2018 | Thursday 1 February 2018 |
| Base module: 16 to 18 April 2018 Farm module: 18 to 20 April 2018 Companion module: 11 July 2018 Equine module: 12 July 2018 |
(exam timetable 1): 12 & 13 July 2018 | Friday 22 June 2018 |
For further details of costs and to book training courses
Contact: Short Course Office, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB
Email: scco@harper-adams.ac.uk
Telephone: 01952 815300
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 20 October 2017 | Friday 29 September 2017 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 21 February 2018 | Wednesday 31 January 2018 |
| Contact college for further information | (exam timetable 2): 31 May 2018 | Thursday 10 May 2018 |
A one-day revision course aimed at Veterinary Nurses is available before each exam date.
Exams include Resits, Vivas, Base, Equine, Companion & Avian modules – Farm module not included.
For further details of costs & to book training courses
Contact: Julie Ouston, MYF Training, Hippodrome House, Station Road, Aldershot, Hants, GU11 1LZ
Email: info@myftraining.com
Website: www.myftraining.com
Telephone: 01252 319636
SRUC – Oatridge Campus, Ecclesmachan, West Lothian
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Contact college for further information | None currently scheduled |
For further details of courses and costs
Contact: Debbie Wardrop, Training Administrator, Barony Campus, Parkgate, Dumfries, DG1 3NE
Email: baronytrainingservices@sruc.ac.uk
Telephone: 01387 242918
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates |
| Contact college for further information | None currently scheduled |
For further details of courses and costs
Contact Simon Goodger, University of Lincoln, LN2 2LG
Email: sgoodger@lincoln.ac.uk
Telephone: 01522 835295
| Training course dates: | Exam dates: | Booking deadline dates: |
| Base module: 8 to 10 January 2018 Farm module: 11 & 12 January 2018 Equine module: 15 January 2018 Companion module: 16 Jan. 2018 |
(exam timetable 1): 17 & 18 January 2018 | Wednesday 20 December 2017 |
| Base module: 2 to 4 July 2018 Farm module: 5 & 6 July 2018 Equine module: 9 July 2018 Companion module: 10 July 2018 |
(exam timetable 1): 11 & 12 July 2018 | Wednesday 20 June 2018 |
For further information of costs and to book courses
Contact: Emma Fredericks, Writtle University College, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3RR
Email: emma.fredericks@writtle.ac.uk
Tel: 01245 424200 extn 25697
Direct Dial: 01245 421782
Fax 01245 420456
Individuals or businesses interested in training courses supporting SQP qualification may also wish to contact Sally Harmer, who is able to provide bespoke training courses.
Sally Harmer Animal Health Consultancy
Tel. 07850 355971 or email sallyharmer@hotmail.com
www.animal-health-excellence.co.uk