Animal Care and Animal Behaviour

Course overview

• Explore the anatomy and physiology of dogs and cats.
• Investigate health and safety within the veterinary practice.
• Understand the main needs of an animal.
• Devise suitable feeding plans.
• Learn how to set up suitable accommodation.
• Know how to handle animals in the correct way.
• Understand the study of the ethics involved in the care, farming and conservation of animals.
• Covers the legal, ethical, commercial, agricultural and conservational aspects of animal welfare.
• From marine life and elephants in the wild to ethical farming in the UK, this course provides maximum coverage of welfare topics for different animals and their habitats.

Animal behaviourists and animal carers enjoy a diverse range of career opportunities, ranging from zookeeping and professional pet training, right through to wildlife conservation and working for animal charities. This bundle of two of our most popular courses, Animal Care and Animal Behaviour, ensures that you know how to meet the moral and legal requirements of caring for animals, as well as equipping you with a clear understanding of animal behaviour.

During the Animal Care course, you will explore the importance of quantity and timing of the feeding of animals, signs of ill health, the housing requirements of animals, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and much more.

Meanwhile, in the Animal Behaviour course, you will look at a wide range of animals and be able to understand their behaviour in different contexts. You will start off by exploring what animal behaviour actually is, before going on to look into the methods and recordings of it.

The course will cover other topics from the food chain, how animals communicate, and mating systems to looking at what domestication is.

All course materials will be delivered to you by post or via email, so it couldn’t be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by email.

You can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple.

These courses can be enrolled onto separately, but by enrolling onto this combined course you will receive a considerable discount.

It is ideal for:

• Students who want to develop their animal behaviour knowledge
• Those aspiring to work or progress their career in the animal industry.

Future career options:

• Animal technician
• Equine groom
• Pest control surveyor
• Animal attendant
• Animal keeper
• Large animal technician
• Trainee zookeeper
• Contract animal technician
• Mammal keeper
• Primate care staff
• Animal care assistant
• Animal rehomer
• Pet health advisor