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Location: Broomfield Hall
Years: 1
Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.50
Start: Various Dates (Please press the Book Now Button to View Dates)
Days / Times: Contact Us
Tuition (£): 30.00*
Interview: N
Course Summary
This experience aims to provide learners with an opportunity to meet and greet their chosen animals. Learners will get to feed their chosen animals, learn about their health and husbandry care, provide enrichment for them and handle them (where applicable).
The choices are:
- Zoo animals - wallabies, meerkats, skunk and porcupines
- Reptiles - lizards, snakes, tortoises and tarantulas
- Small mammals - rabbits, guinea-pigs, chinchillas and rodents
- Farm animals - goats, pigs, alpacas and donkeys
Please ignore the date shown on the booking page as the experience is run at different times throughout the year. If you would like to put a note on your booking form with a desired date and then contact jonathan.taylor@derby-college.ac.uk, we will do our best to accommodate you.
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Entry requirements
You need basic literacy and numeracy skills plus some basic knowledge of animal care. You should be aged eight years or over.
Course Content
The course will cover:
- Meet and greet
- Feeding the animals
- Handling (where applicable)
- An informative talk
- Enrichment building
How will I be assessed?
There is no assessment.
Are there any additional costs or specialist equipment required?
You will be required to supply your own boots or wellingtons - preferably steel toe capped. Alternatively you can borrow some from the animal unit.
What can I do after this course?
Derby College offers a range of one-day, weekend and evening courses relating to Animal Care as well as a wide range of other land-based topics - please see the Derby College Part-time Prospectus for a full list and details.
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* Tuition - This figure is the tuition fee to be paid - There are no concessionary fees available.
Carla Davies
A dream job in dog grooming
Carla Davies came to Derby College to re-train as a dog groomer and is now fulfilling her dream of working with animals after securing a part-time job at Kennel Gate in Nottingham. As part of her course, she was matched to the job opportunity through the College’s pioneering recruitment service established with the REED NCFE Partnership.
They alerted Carla – who had been an office worker since leaving school – to the job opportunity and helped her with her CV and interview techniques.
When I heard about the job opportunities and support available through the REED NCFE team, I decided to go for it and was over the moon when I was offered the job. It is a dream come true and I have also returned to Derby College for an evening course to gain more qualifications in dog grooming.
