Animal Care Level 3

Unit 1:- History and Background This unit covers the biological and cultural development off domesticated animals throughout history, including the creation of species classifications and the practice of selective breeding.
Unit 2:- Safety. Welfare, Health & Hygiene This unit covers the important health, safety and hygiene practices that are necessary for the proper care of animals. It also introduces learners to a variety of common diseases, infections and other afflictions that can result from poor animal health, safety and hygiene.
Unit 3:- Anatomy and Physiology This unit provides an in depth exploration off the key features and differences in animal physiology, going all the way to a cellular level.
Unit 4:- Animal First Aid In this unit, students will learn about the basic skill required to administer emergency first aid to animals across a number of scenarios. This includes breathing problems, burns, shock, broken bones, cuts and lacerations and much more besides.
Unit 5:- Dogs This unit focuses on domestic dogs and their particular needs. This includes common canine diseases and their treatments, as well as more general care needs, such as grooming, feeding and cleaning. Unit 6:- Cats This unit focuses on domestic cats and their particular needs. This includes common feline diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs such as grooming, feeding and cleaning.
Unit 7:- Horses and Ponies This unit focuses on domestic horse species and their particular needs. This includes common equine diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs such as grooming, feeding and cleaning.
Unit 8:- Birds This unit focuses on domestic birds and their particular needs. This includes common aviary diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs such as grooming, feeding and cleaning.
Unit 9:- Fish This unit focuses on domestic fish and their particular needs. This includes common aquatic diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs.
Unit 10:- Snakes and Lizards This unit focuses on domestic snakes and lizards and their particular needs. This includes common reptile diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs.
Unit 11:- Tortoises, Turtles and Terrapins This unit focuses on domestic tortoises, turtles and terrapins and their particular needs. This includes common reptile diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs.
Unit 12:- Insects This unit focuses on domestic insects (such as tarantulas) and their particular needs. This includes common diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs.
Unit 13:- Hamsters, Gerbils, Rats and Mice This unit focuses on domestic small rodent species and their particular needs. This includes common rodent diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs. Unit 14:- Ferrets, Pole Cats This unit focuses on domestic ferrets and polecats and their particular needs. This includes common diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs.
Unit 15:- Rabbits and Guinea Pigs This unit focuses on domestic rabbits and guinea pigs and their particular needs. This includes common diseases and their treatments as well as more general care needs.
Unit 16:- Wildlife Safety This unit looks not at domesticated animals but at wildlife. Learners will discover the vast differences between caring for domesticated animals and dealing with wild animals in their natural environments.
Unit 17:- Animal Welfare This unit covers the various animal welfare groups and organisations in the UK and worldwide and walks learners through the various pieces of law and legislation on animal welfare that have an effect on those who care for animals.