The Animal Care and Welfare pathway will give you the skills and knowledge you need to work in an animal-based environment. It’ll enable you to provide the animals in your care with the very highest standards of welfare.
Although the course will be based largely on your own placement, the skills that you learn and develop will be transferrable to other locations.
This pathway focuses on the importance of accurately assessing animal behaviour and welfare before, during and after interactions/handling activities.
This pathway will focus on the requirements and preparation needed to move or transport an animal, as well as the legal requirements.
This pathway will focus on rehabilitation policies and procedures including the need to record the specific location, date and time of collection of wildlife. The differences between treating and interacting with domestic and wildlife species, as well as, the principles of releasing rehabilitated animals
This pathway will focus on animal products and sundry items safe storage, display and stock rotation process, as well as, providing you with the skills and knowledge to provide advice, support and guidance on a range of topics such as animal welfare to customers.
This pathway will focus on the needs of an animal and factors to be assessed in relation to an animal’s readiness for rehoming.
- Pathways
The Animal Care and Welfare pathway will give you the skills and knowledge you need to work in an animal-based environment. It’ll enable you to provide the animals in your care with the very highest standards of welfare.
Although the course will be based largely on your own placement, the skills that you learn and develop will be transferrable to other locations.
- Interaction & Handling
This pathway focuses on the importance of accurately assessing animal behaviour and welfare before, during and after interactions/handling activities.
- Movement & Transport
This pathway will focus on the requirements and preparation needed to move or transport an animal, as well as the legal requirements.
- Wildlife & Rehabilitation
This pathway will focus on rehabilitation policies and procedures including the need to record the specific location, date and time of collection of wildlife. The differences between treating and interacting with domestic and wildlife species, as well as, the principles of releasing rehabilitated animals
- Reception Duties
This pathway will focus on animal products and sundry items safe storage, display and stock rotation process, as well as, providing you with the skills and knowledge to provide advice, support and guidance on a range of topics such as animal welfare to customers.
- Rehoming
This pathway will focus on the needs of an animal and factors to be assessed in relation to an animal’s readiness for rehoming.
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