Animal Welfare Course Level 4 Course – Endorsed

Learners will complete 6 units of study in total as listed below.
6 tutor marked assignments to complete

UNIT 1: ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION

• Legislation
• Ethics: thinkers and theories
• Legislative Acts
• Codes of Practice
• The role of welfare organisations
• The Five Freedoms
• Animal Welfare vs. Animal Rights

UNIT 2: ANIMAL WELFARE IN RELATED COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES

• Animal welfare in veterinary practice
• Animal boarding establishments licence
• Animal breeding
• Pet shops

UNIT 3: ANIMAL WELFARE FOR FARM ANIMALS

• Welfare legislation for farmed animals
• Welfare of pigs in the European Union
• Dairy farming
• Animal transportation

UNIT 4: WELFARE IN ANIMAL COLLECTIONS

• Legislation for animal collections
• Rare and endangered species
• Laws on transportation of animals
• Assessing wild animal welfare
• Welfare of bears
• Welfare of elephants
• Welfare of wolves

UNIT 5: ANIMAL WELFARE AND UK WILDLIFE

• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
• The UKs protect mammals
• Badger culling
• Dormouse decline
• Endangered birds
• Bat conservation

UNIT 6: MARINE WELFARE AND CONSERVATION

• Protecting the marine environment
• Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
• Shark welfare
• Whale welfare
• Coral reef endangerment

Learners will be required to complete a series of tutor marked assignments ( normally 1 after each unit) as they progress through this course. Each assignment will contain a variety of tasks/questions. These assignments are assessed by your tutor to monitor progress. You will be provided with constructive feedback to help you in completing each unit to the required standard.