Animal Welfare

This module equips you with practical skills to provide exceptional animal care. You'll explore optimal feeding options for various animals, understanding how to tailor diets based on age, health, and specific needs. Learning proper enclosure design for domesticated, exotic, and wild animals in captivity will be a key focus, ensuring minimal physical and environmental discomfort.

Access To access programmes leading to this award the learner should have reached the standards of knowledge, skill and competence associated with the preceding level of the National Framework of Qualifications. This may have been achieved through a formal qualification or through relevant life and work experience. English Requirement Applicants whose first language is not English are required to have an appropriate score in an approved examination in English language. Generally, we accept an IELTS test score of 6 which indicates that a person is 'competent', meaning they can cope in a classroom situation even though there may be some mistakes or misunderstandings with language. We also accept IELTS equivalents such as TOELF score 60-78 and Cambridge exam level B2. If an applicant does not have a test result from one of these exam centres, they can take an online Duolingo English Test before applying. They can take the test at englishtest.duolingo.com/applicants at a cost of approx. €40 and the test result is available within 48 hours. Applicants' must submit the Duolingo Online test score directly to us.