Animal Management Technical Extended Level 3

The Animal Management Technical Extended Level 3 is run in partnership with West Midland Safari Park (WMSP), teaching takes place primarily at WMSP with some teaching taking place at the nearby Kidderminster Academy.The first year of this course is designed to develop your skills and knowledge to enable you to recognise the signs of good and ill health in animals, to carry out animal health checks and to produce animal health plans. It focuses on food type nutritional values so that you can calculate the dietary requirements for animals at different stages of their life. You’ll investigate the uses of animals in human society alongside welfare issues. The exotic animal health and well-being part of the course considers the implications of reproduction, handling, restraint and nutrition in terms of species conservation. Successful completion of these units of study will ensure your progression to year two.
Units Covered (Year One)
• Principles of Health and Safety
• Animal Health and Husbandry
• Animal Feeding and Nutrition
• Animal Behaviour and Communication
• Biological Systems of Animals
• Animal Welfare and Breeding
• Exotic Animal Health and Husbandry
• Animal Training
• Small Animal Rehabilitation
Units Covered (Year Two)
• Wildlife and Ecology Conservation
• Avian Health and Husbandry
• Inheritance and Genetics
• Undertake Estate Skills
• Business Management
• Aquatics Welfare and Breed Development
• Zoological Collections
• Customer Care and Retail Merchandising
• Specialist Project