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Animal Care Assistant - Level 2
College of West Anglia
Tennyson Avenue, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2QW
Other Regulated/Accredited Qualification
Level 2
Available start dates
Available start dates
Wednesday, 01 September 2027
College of West Anglia (Cambridge Campus)
7 Hour(s)
Full time
Course Summary
Our Animal Care Assistant programme provides essential animal care and management skills that can begin your pathway into Animal Nursing, such as: delivering basic treatments, feeding and understanding animal nutrition, supporting animal accommodation and much more!
Course Details
What will I study on this course?
- Deliver basic treatments to animals
- Maintain animal accommodation
- Provide feed and water to animals
- Principle of infection control for animal nursing
- Companion animal anatomy and physiology exam
- Principles of basic animal nursing assistance
- Control and restrain animals
- Companion pharmacology
- Companion animal nutrition
- Companion parasitology and zoonosis
How will it be delivered and assessed?
You will be assessed through theory and practical sessions, theory assignments and practical assessment, and building a portfolio of evidence over the year.
There is also an Anatomy & Physiology exam.
Entry requirements
You will need:
- 4 GCSEs at Grade 3 or higher, including English, maths and science.
Additional information
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