Continually growing your understanding and skills in caring for animals.

This course was developed for anyone who owns animals or works with animals; from pet owners and farm workers, to zoo keepers and staff in animal shelters. The course offers lots of options for practical tasks where you can focus your study on the type of animal that most concerns you, whether a pet dog, farm livestock, rescued wildlife, zoo animals or anything else.

These studies can set you on a pathway to continually growing your understanding and skills in caring for animals. This may be a course to underpin further studies; or it may be a one off course of study to underpin experience and informal learning that extends for years beyond these initial studies.

How does it work?

At the end of each lesson, you will be given a short interactive test to undertake, which will provide an indication of how your learning is progressing. Upon completing the very last lesson, you will be offered a more thorough automated test or examination. This final assessment can be undertaken at any time of day or night; and any day of the week; and if you achieve an overall pass (60% or more); you will be able to obtain a “certificate of completion” with your name and completion date on it.

Note: these short courses are self-guided online courses and are not to be confused with tutor-supported online courses.

There are 7 Lessons in this course:

1. Introduction
2. Preventing Disease and Injury
3. Understanding and Inspecting Health Issues
4. Animal First Aid
5. Some Common Illnesses in Animals A-F
6. Some Common Illnesses in Animals G-N
7. Some Common Illnesses in Animals O-Z