Diploma in Companion Animal Studies VAG024.PC

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Diploma in Companion Animal Studies VAG024.PC

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Opportunities abound in the Pet Industry? Learn the animal husbandry, business, and management skills needed to launch your career working with pets or providing support services within the pet industry. This course provides a valuable foundation in handling and caring for all types of domestic animals; and offers options to specialize and direct your studies into one of a number of different areas depending upon your individual needs and ambitions.

Find out what you need to start your career working with animals?

This is a commonly asked question with no set answer. There are myriad possiblities open for people wanting to work with pets and animals. These range from working in pet shops or v…

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Opportunities abound in the Pet Industry? Learn the animal husbandry, business, and management skills needed to launch your career working with pets or providing support services within the pet industry. This course provides a valuable foundation in handling and caring for all types of domestic animals; and offers options to specialize and direct your studies into one of a number of different areas depending upon your individual needs and ambitions.

Find out what you need to start your career working with animals?

This is a commonly asked question with no set answer. There are myriad possiblities open for people wanting to work with pets and animals. These range from working in pet shops or veterinary practices, as wildlife carers, in a wildlife sanctuary or zoo as animal attendents, on horse and cattle studs as grooms and strappers, just to name a few.

These jobs are highly sought after and difficult to obtain. To gain employment you must actively market your skills and present yourself well to prospective employers.

Employers generally seek potential employees who already have substantial existing knowledge and skills - as it requires time and a large financial commitment to train new employees. If you already have these skills it will increase your competitive position in the job market. Alernatively, you can explore the possibility of setting up your own small business providing services to pet and anmial owners.

Enhance your CV/Rersume with this course!

When completing this course you will learn about animal husbandry techniques, develop business and management skills, and acquire other knowledge needed to start a career working with pets, or providing support services within the pet industry.

This Diploma is comprised of 6 modules chosen from below. The toal cost for the Diploma: £1,770 - (6 x £295 per module).

Modules

Core Modules: These modules provide foundation knowledge for the Certificate in Companion Animal Studies.

Animal Health Care VAG100
Pet Care AAG100
Starting A Small Business VBS101
Animal Behaviour BAG203

Elective Modules: In addition to the core modules, students study any 2 of the following 6 modules.

Animal Anatomy And Physiology (Animal Husbandry I ) BAG101
Horse Care I BAG102
Sales Skills VBS108
Animal Feed & Nutrition (Animal Husbandry III) BAG202
Natural Health Care for Animals BAG218
Animal Breeding BAG301

Note that each module in the Diploma in Companion Animal Studies is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.

What is covered by each of the Core Modules?

Pet Care
Eight lessons as follows:
1. Introduction to Animal Care
2. Cats
3. Dogs
4. Birds
5. Fish
6. Rabbits
7. Reptiles & Amphibians
8. Guinea Pigs, Hamsters & Mice.

Animal Behaviour
Eight lessons as follows:
1. Introduction: Influences and motivation.
2. Genetics and Behaviour.
3. Animal Perception and Behaviour.
4. Behaviour and the Environment.
5. Social Behaviour.
6. Instinct and Learning.
7. Handling Animals
8. Behavioural Problems.

Animal Health Care
Twelve lessons as follows:
1. Introduction to Animal Health Care
2. Common Health Problems in farm animals and pets
3. Animal Behaviour
4. Signs of Ill Health
5. Veterinary Facilities
6. Safety Procedures
7. Administration of Animal Health
8. Animal First Aid
9. Preventative Health Care
10. Routine Health Treatments
11. Health Problems in Domestic Pets
12. Rehabilitation Care

Starting A Small Business
This covers all of the basics of running a business, and provides valuable and necessary skills for anyone involved in a Pet or companion animal business.Ttwelve lessons as follows:
1. Introduction to Small Business Types of business and communication, types of language, office equipment.
2. The Business World Consultancy services, law and business, the landscape industry, business letters, communication systems.
3. Your alternatives - different types of ventures Buying and starting a business.
4. Marketing What is involved in marketing, advertising, selling, communication.
5. Planning Organising and planning to ensure the success of the business.
6. Basic Bookkeeping Financial statements, balance sheet, profit and loss statement,insurance.
7. Sales Methods Selling, sales method, telephone canvassing.
8. Budgeting Assets and liabilities.
9. Developing a 12 month business plan Protection, planning and production.
10. Implementing a business plan Communication with employees, planning the development of the business.
11. Reviewing progress in a new business Research, evaluate and decide on business plan updates.
12. Improving profitability Increase profit and reduce expenditure

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