Qualifications in Animal Care
About our Training
Just for Cats Cattery works along side our other company, A & D Training Ltd, who are a fully approved training center with City & Guilds specialising in Animal Care training & education. A & D Training Ltd only uses the facilities at Just for Cats Cattery to enhance the learning process.
Students from various schools within Peterborough and Lincolnshire now choose this as a vocational option and a viable means towards a career path. Animal Care Training is accessible for adults too. Our environment offers a relaxed approach towards learning whereby the students are encouraged to work at their own pace which is both enjoyable, fun and very rewarding.
“It’s about having fun while learning”
What does Animal Care Training Involve?
Each student will be expected to get involved with all the practical aspects of caring for animals. It’s very much a practical hands on approach learning. You will learn how to clean animal’s accommodation, provide food and water, study animal’s behaviour and temperament, learn how to handle various types of animals, prepare food and store animals feed and how to monitor the animal’s health and well-being. By the end of your course you will feel more confident being around various animals.
Your practical learning will be further supported with underpinning written knowledge by referring to our extensive library of suitable textbooks. There are a number of units to complete for each qualification and you are required to answer sets of questions. We encourage you to make use of pictures, drawings, photographs, use of tables/charts as well as written text to answer all your questions and put all this together for building your portfolio of evidence.
Qualifications
City & Guilds endorses all these qualifications and they are well recognised throughout the animal industry. All the qualifications involves practical assessments to determine your practical competence within the work place.
The qualifications we currently run are:
Certificate in Landbased Studies and NVQ level 1
The level 1 qualification requires the student to complete 7 full units with written evidence for questions and assignments. It will provide the student with all the basics for looking after animals. The student is required to sit an on-line test (multiple choice test) contributing to your overall grade.
National Certificate in Animal Care level 2
This National Certificate allows for natural progression from the level 1 qualification and will allow the student to learn more about animal science, animal housing, information technology, customer care, kennel & cattery and pet grooming. The student is expected to provide more detailed written information for their questions.
There are 10 units to complete with an on-line test (multiple choice)
Animal Care NVQ Level 2
The NVQ qualification is very similar to the National Certificate, however, you are not required to sit an on-line test. There are 11 units to complete.
Qualification Time Scale – this really depends on the students age and ability but usually these qualification can be completed within 12 months, although it is usual for the young students to complete over two academic years.
If your interested in getting qualified in Animal Care and would like to sign up for our training call 01733 705349
