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Introduction to Animal Care

The course aims to provide you with a general understanding of animal care and the industry, it will develop the skills required to kick-start your career or provide access to a higher level course.
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Duration

A full-time 1 year course running over 3 days per week or a part-time 1 year course running over 1 day per week every Friday.
Start date: September

Entry Requirements

5 GCSEs at grade D or above, including English and Science.

Modules

  Full time modules:
  • Work experience
  • Maintain animal accomodation
  • Undertake animal feeding
  • Maintain animal health and welfare
  • Understand the basics of animal biology
  • Looking after the British habitat
  • Animal breeds and grooming
  • Introduction to animal behaviour and handling
Part time modules:
  • Work experiene
  • Introduction to animal breeds and grooming
  • Maintain animal health and welfare
  • Basic principles of animal biology
  • Practical animal feeding
  • Maintain animal acommodation
  • Principles and practices of animal establishments
     

Career Progression

You can progress on to the Further Animal Care course or the Advanced Animal Care.

Campus

Located at Brooksby Campus

Full Course Title

EDEXCEL BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Animal Care
BMC animal care student