Level 3 Qualifications - Animal Management

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The qualification will prepare learners to progress directly to employment, to carry out roles such as animal care workers, wildlife conservation workers, or animal business workers/entrepreneurs. This is achieved through the provision of mandatory units that address cross-sector issues and optional units to enable you to meet local employment needs. Within the units there are opportunities during the teaching and learning phase to give learners practice in developing employability skills. Where employability skills are referred to in this specification, we are generally referring to skills in the following three main categories:

- Cognitive and problem-solving skills: using critical thinking, approaching non-routine problems applying expert and creative solutions, using systems and technology

- Interpersonal skills: communicating, working collaboratively, negotiating and influencing, self-presentation

- Intrapersonal skills: self-management, adaptability and resilience, self-monitoring and development.

There are 7 mandatory units that you will study. These are:

- Animal Biology

- Animal Welfare and Ethics

- Practical Animal Husbandry

- Animal Behaviour

- Animal Health and Diseases

- Work Experience in the Animal Sector

- Investigative Research Project

In addition to the mandatory subjects, you will have these three optional units to choose from:

- Aquatic Animal Health and Husbandry

- Human and Animal Interaction

- Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation Management

There is also a 225 hour work experience placement attached to the course.

Exam - 33%

Coursework 67%

To study this course, you must achieve a 4 in Maths and English, as well as a grade 5 and 4 in Science.

Upon completion of this course, you will learn the necessary content to study this subject further at university or through an apprenticeship.