Animal Management courses
Our animal courses are the perfect place for you to start your journey into the animal management industry.
Animal Management
Studying Animal Management at Weston College
Our qualifications have been developed in conjunction with local and national employers and are successful in getting our students into animal management related jobs and onto relevant degrees.
After you’ve completed one of our courses there will be a number of opportunities available to you. You could study a further qualification with us or at university, or progress straight into the industry, where there are a number of varied and exciting jobs available
You will be based both at the Knightstone campus and Puxton Park where there is a new bespoke animal management centre.
You will get weekly hands-on experience with a wide range of domestic, farm and exotic animals include tortoises, parrots, reindeer, owls, meerkats, donkeys, goats, ponies, rare pigs, alpacas, cattle, emus, primates, stick insects and more ... Plus we have trips to other animal establishments and welcome guests from a wide range of industry specialisms.
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Our link with Puxton Park
The College has joined forces with Puxton Park, which will enable you to develop industry-specific skills working within the park’s extensive farmland and facilities, with a wide range of farm and domestic animals, which will significantly enhance your employability skills for the future.
The link will also allow you to gain broader experience in your customer service skills, by engaging with tourists, families and school parties; all helping to prepare you for the world of work.
Taken straight from our virtual open evenings, Charlotte (one of the lecturers) gives us a guided tour of our Animal Management facilities!
Meet the Team
Charlotte Haines
Lecturer
"I spent 12 years working as a senior animal trainer of exotic species and presenter at Bristol Zoo Gardens"
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Maxine Park
Subject Area Manager
"We have great students, a fantastic team and a beautiful Animal Management Centre, which I can't wait to show off to you all."
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Laura Link
Curriculum Coordinator
"I was head veterinary nurse at a busy small animal hospital"
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Gill Cook
Lecturer and Degree Animal Management Co-ordinator
"I am a qualified horse-riding instructor. I started work in the animal industry rescuing horses with the RSPCA…"
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Tobias Capel
Associate Lecturer
"I have been involved in the conservation of sea-turtles where I was protecting green and loggerhead nests from people/predation as well as ensuring as many hatchlings made it to sea as possible…"
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Sarah Leaney
Lecturer
"I was Displays Supervisor at Weymouth Sealife Park and Marine Sanctuary, where I was responsible for a team of aquarists looking after; seals, otters, penguins, sharks, jellyfish, seahorses…"
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Julie Way
Lecturer
"I teach a range of subjects on the course but animal behaviour and welfare are my favourite topics..."
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Mandy Patch
Lecturer
"I have been teaching since last year and love passing on my knowledge of the animal industry to others."
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Occupations related to Animal Management
What our students say
Arrianne Scoins, Animal Management
Arrianne Scoins
“The facilities were great when i studied there and the new facility at Puxton Park will be even more exciting!”
Former school: Worle
Course: Animal Management
What next? Gained employment after placement at Green Pastures Vets
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