Animal Care Level 2 Diploma

This exciting and active course will give you the opportunity to study and work with a variety of animals in outdoor and classroom settings. You will have access to reptiles, fish, invertebrates, rodents, farm animals, horses and domestic pets, all of which are either resident on the college site or at our local yard. You will also be able to study exotic species through our excellent links with local wildlife centres and zoos.

The course is highly practical and the emphasis is on enabling students to gain as much hands-on experience as possible; students are involved in the day-to-day care of all the animals on site. we welcome anyone who wishes to explore the possibilty of working with animals or who is interested in studying animal-related subjects in higher education, such as animal psychology or zoology.

Units Studied:


Principles of Animal Biology: Investigating the structure and function of the animal body and the nature of bodily systems, allowing more effective animal management and health monitoring.
Practical Animal Feeding: Looking at the feeding of a variety of animals, involving many of our resident species.
Practical Animal Handling: Learn how to hold and move animals correctly, how to understand their intentions and read signs of stress.
Principles of Animal Health: How animals cope with diseases and trauma and how we can prevent and treat these effectively.
Business Management for Land-Based Industries: Gain knowledge of how the industry works and learn good business practice, including planning, finance and marketing.
An Introduction to Working with Horses: We hope to offer this unit (subject to staffing) which offers a practical introduction to horses and their day-to-day care.


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