Award achieved: ABC Awards and Certa Award Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 2
This course covers all the key aspects of ownership from choosing a pet, preparing the house, training, grooming and health for dogs, cats, birds, fish and reptiles.
Contents
Unit 1 History and Background
Domestication
The classification system
How to choose the right pet
Unit 2 Safety, Welfare, Health & Hygiene
Safety
Transfer of diseases from animals to humans
Correct handling methods and methods of restraint
Hygiene of an animal’s sleeping area
Pests and parasites
Unit 3 Anatomy and Physiology
The skeletal and muscular systems
The digestive system
The circulatory and lymphatic systems
The respiratory system
The nervous system
Unit 4 Animal first aid
Handling and transport of injured animals
Basic examinations
Shock and its signs
Wounds, burns and fractures
How to administer medication
Unit 5 Dogs
Different breeds
Nutrition and exercise
Behaviour and training
Grooming and general care
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 6 Cats
Breeds and body types
Nutrition and exercise
Behaviour and training
Grooming and general care
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 7 Horses and ponies
Anatomy
Groups and breeds
Nutrition
Housing and exercise
Behaviour and training
Grooming, shoeing and general care
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 8 Birds
Anatomy
Nutrition and generalcare
Birds of prey
Common diseases
Unit 9 Fish
Housing and general care
Types of fish
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 10 Snakes and lizards
Housing and general care
Types and their requirements
Common diseases
Unit 11 Tortoises, turtles and terrapins
Characteristics and anatomy
Housing and general care
Hibernation
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 12 Insects
Handling
Housing
Nutritional requirements
Beetles, centipedes and millipedes
Frogs and toads
Unit 13 Hamsters, gerbils, rats and mice
Housing and general care
Nutrition and exercise
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 14 Ferrets, pole cats
Groups and breeds
Nutrition, housing and exercise
Behaviour and training
Grooming and general care
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 15 Rabbits and guinea pigs
Groups and breeds
Nutrition, housing and exercise
BehaviourGrooming and general care
Breeding
Common diseases
Unit 16 Wildlife safety
Types
Injuries
Study Method
The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.
Course Duration
Students may register at any time and have a full year to complete their studies. The course will take around 100 hours of study to complete.
Assessment
Each unit is followed by a written assignment (comprising a portfolio of evidence of learning), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor.
Course Endorsement
At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 2 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group , a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
