Level 1 Animal Care

Brooksby College is home to an extensive Animal Care Centre housing a wide rang of animals on-site here. From exotics to domestics, insects to farm and hoofed animals, students benefit from a wealth of hands-on experience, allowing for a truly well-rounded educational experience.

Students attend Crufts to visit Discover Dogs and observe health tests being completed. They also have the opportunity to enter competitions including Landex Student of the Year and complete dog grooming sessions and online courses for Donkey Sanctuary and Dogs Trust to supplement their course.

Modules include:

Health and Safety

Preparing for work experience

Maintaining animal health and wellbeing

Assisting with moving, handling and maintaining animal accommodation

Animals in the wild and their main features

Assisting with feeding and watering animals

Assisting with exercising animals

Students undertake 60 hours of work placement in industry

This course involves both theory and practical classes, which will allow you to develop your skills in all areas of Animal Care. There will also be an emphasis developing key personal skills that will allow students to progress on to futher study.

• One GCSE at grade 3 or above, preferrably in English
• For students aged 16-18 or 16-24 with an approved Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP)

Upon successful completion of this course, students may progress onto Level 2 programmes in relevant subjects, or into an apprenticeship or a job within the industry, for example Animal Care Assistant or Kennel/Cattery Worker.