Animal Management Foundation Diploma BTEC Level 3

Unlock the advanced skills needed for careers in animal welfare. Available as a one or two-year course, it provides you with a standalone qualification that can be topped up with a further year of study on the National Extended Diploma. You will deepen your understanding of animals by evaluating their feeding plans, learning how to recognise different types of behaviour, and monitoring, grooming and ensuring their accommodation is well-kept. You will also assist in the administration side of things, ensuring records and files are adequately maintained.

This qualification is for learners who aim to gain employment within the animal care industry, progress to an apprenticeship or a high-level animal management qualification.

Modules include the following:

• Animal Biology
• Animal Welfare and Ethics
• Praactical Animal husbandry
• Animal Behaviour
• Animal health and diseases
• Exotic Animal Husbandry

Units are subject to change.

• Learners are taught by subject specialists who have worked in various contexts within the animal management sector.
• Access to a wide variety of species, including small mammals and exotics, housed within our purpose-built animal care centre.
• Learners undertake farm practicals at Home Farm within the Temple Newsam estate.

This course is assessed via:

• Externally assessed exams
• Externally assessed synoptic assessments
• Internally assessed module assignments

Five GCSEs at grade 9 to 4, including English, maths and science. A level 2 Technical Diploma in Animal Care is also acceptable.