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Animal Welfare Course Level 4

UK Open College

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Distance

£ 399 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Class hours

    120h

  • Duration

    Flexible

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Animal Welfare course online, This course covers the legal, ethical, commerical, agricutural, & conservational aspects of animal welfare.

About this course

From marine life and elephants to ethical farming, this course provides coverage of welfare topics for various animals and their habitats.

Students looking for an insight into pet care.

Students looking to enrol onto this course should meet the following criteria:
Be aged 16 Years or above
Possess a solid knowledge of the english language
Have access to a PC and the internet for the duration of the whole course
Basic computer skills: e.g Word processing, emailing, uploading documents etc
Have a genuine desire to succeed

Students are able to enrol online 365 days a year and be studying within a matter of days.

Once your information is received one of our course advisers will provide you with further information via email or telephone.

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Subjects

  • Animal Nutrition
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Care
  • Pet Care
  • Marine conservation
  • Animal Welfare
  • Animals
  • Level 4
  • Animal First Aid
  • Farm animals

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Course programme

SYLLABUS

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 shop

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 specie
Laws on transportation of animal
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

Additional information

Students have a maximum of one year to complete. Course duration approx. 120 hours.

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