If you are heading for work with animals, start here. You learn husbandry, common diseases, first aid, handling and behaviour. Kennels, shelters, daycare and grooming rooms all need this.
Kennels, shelters, daycare and grooming rooms need steady hands.
Disease signs, first aid and safe handling stop small problems growing.
Study when it suits, then leave it and come back.
Animal work starts hands on and junior, and there is a lot of it. Days look like feeding, cleaning, watching for illness and settling nervous animals.
Feed, clean and watch over animals daily.
Keep boarding runs clean, fed and settled.
Mind a room of dogs through the day.
Support the clinic team with basic care.
Care for animals waiting on a home.
Help with washing, drying and handling.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Ten topics, from basic husbandry to reading behaviour.
Three things worth knowing.
Anatomy, disease, first aid, handling and vet procedures.
Rachel and Kris teach the animal care topics directly.
A portion of course proceeds funds rehabilitation and adoption work.
Plus CPD credits and career support
Issued by the college when you finish.
Credits that count toward professional growth.
CV advice and interview preparation when you need it.
Kennels, shelter, daycare or a vet clinic.
An advisor is straight about what theory study covers.
Upfront, or weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
Enrol and open the animal care topics.
None at all. The course starts with basic care and builds up.
Six months of access, and around one hundred and forty hours of material.
None, ever. You move through the topics at your own speed.
No. Dogs get their own topics, and other species are covered too.
Rachel and Kris, both listed as animal care tutors.
Yes. A portion of course proceeds goes to the ISPCA.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. In animal work, most employers weigh handling sense and attitude, and the knowledge behind both starts here.
There is a fourteen day money back window, minus the administration fee.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It donates a portion of course proceeds to the ISPCA for rehabilitation and adoption programs.
Picture the morning a frightened rescue dog settles because you knew what to do.