Animal Management
STUDYING ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AT WESTON COLLEGE
You will get the chance to work with an exciting new range of animals thanks to our partnership with Puxton Park, including domestic, farm and exotic animals include tortoises, parrots, reindeer, owls, marmoset monkeys, meerkats, donkeys, goats, ponies, rare pigs, alpacas, cattle, emus, stick insects and more ...
You will be based both at South West Skills Campus and Puxton Park, where you will benefit from:
- A bespoke animal management campus.
- Weekly experience within an outstanding zoo farm.
- The opportunity to study and work with a wide range of animal species from insects to primates.
- Teaching from industry specialists.
- Opportunities to undertake meaningful and substantial work experience.
- Trips to animal establishments.
- Guest lectures from a wide range of industry specialists
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Careers in Animal Management
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Animals are extremely important to our lives and there is a huge variety of careers in the animal care sector. The animal care industry is worth £1 billion to the UKs economy. It has 13,000 businesses, 78,000 employees and lots of volunteers.
We've bundled the best education in the area with career boosted benefits - and are leveraging our contacts as one of the largest Colleges in the country to give you the best possible chance of success.
Our qualifications have been developed in conjunction with local and national employers and have a proven record of helping students gain animal management related jobs and onto relevant degrees.
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Animal Care Land Based Studies, Certificate
Turn your passion for animals into practical skills and industry experience. This hands-on course introduces…
Animal Care Technical Certificate
Take your first step towards a career working with animals on this practical, hands-on course. You'll…
Animal Management and Science, T Level
Combine your passion for animals with scientific knowledge and industry experience. This two-year T Level…
Animal Management, BTEC Extended Diploma
Turn your passion for animals into a rewarding career with this industry-focused programme. You'll…
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Turn your passion for animals into practical skills and industry experience. This hands-on course introduces you to animal care while helping you build the knowledge, confidence, and experience needed to progress into further study or a career working with animals. Course Overview The Animal Care Land Based Studies Certificate is the ideal sta...
Click HereTake your first step towards a career working with animals on this practical, hands-on course. You'll develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to care for a wide range of species while gaining valuable experience in a real animal management setting. Course Overview The Animal Care Technical Certificate is ideal if you are passionat...
Click HereCombine your passion for animals with scientific knowledge and industry experience. This two-year T Level develops the technical skills, practical experience, and confidence needed for university or a career in the animal management and science sector. Course Overview The Animal Management and Science T Level is a two-year technical qualificat...
Click HereTurn your passion for animals into a rewarding career with this industry-focused programme. You'll combine hands-on experience with in-depth scientific knowledge, developing the practical skills, confidence, and expertise needed for employment, apprenticeships, or university study within the animal management sector. Course Overview This two-y...
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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"
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."
Laura Link
Curriculum Coordinator
"I was head veterinary nurse at a busy small animal hospital"
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…"
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…"
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…"
Julie Way
Lecturer
"I teach a range of subjects on the course but animal behaviour and welfare are my favourite topics..."
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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THE FACILITIES
You will get the chance to work with an exciting range of animals thanks to our partnership with Puxton Park, one of the region’s top visitor attractions.
Your classroom lectures will come to life as you carry out practical sessions at the park, enabling you to develop industry specific skills working with the park’s specialist facilities and animals.
Puxton’s range of domestic, farm and exotic animals include tortoises, parrots, reindeer, owls, marmoset monkeys, meerkats, donkeys, goats, ponies, rare pigs, alpacas, cattle, emus and stick insects.
The partnership will also allow you to gain broader customer service skills, by engaging with tourists, families and school parties - all helping you prepare for the world of work.
You will be based both at Knightstone Campus and Puxton Park, where you will benefit from:
- A bespoke animal management campus.
- Weekly experience within an outstanding zoo farm.
- The opportunity to study and work with a wide range of animal species from insects to primates.
- Teaching from industry specialists.
- Opportunities to undertake meaningful and substantial work experience.
- Trips to animal establishments.
- Guest lectures from a wide range of industry specialists.
Occupations related to Animal Management
LATEST NEWS
<p>Animal Management are delighted to introduce the newest addition to the team: baby Emu, Egbert. Egbert’s carers have been spending lots of quality time with the little chick, in the hopes that he would imprint on them.</p>
<p>This is something that Emus do in the wild in order to learn and identify with their caregivers, in Egbert’s case this is the wonderful Animal Management team.</p>
<p>The incredible staff and students have had great success, with Egbert following them around everywhere and becoming a popular and beloved member of the family.</p>
<p>Emus are native to Australia, and so the students have relished in the rare opportunity to engage in such hands-on experience working with the unique and interesting Egbert.<br />
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Our <a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/what-can-i-study/courses-16-18-year-olds/anima… 3 Animal Management BTEC Extended Diploma</a> is taught at Knightstone Campus, with practical work based at our Puxton Park facilities, offering students relevant and crucial industry experience.</p>
<p>This course provides learners with the opportunity to work with a wide range of animals while gaining detailed academic knowledge of animal science, behaviours and management.</p>
<p>Our brilliant tutors cover topics such as animal health, nutrition, welfare and breed development as well as supporting learners to interact with amazing animals like Egbert.<br />
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Our Animal department increases career-boosting benefits through the creation of the <a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/career-excellence-hubs">Animal Management Career Excellence Hub</a>. </p>
<p>These innovative subject specific hubs allow for students at Weston College to have access to exclusive opportunities such as this. </p>
<p>Endorsed by employers from within the industry, this enables for better integration with the sector to make sure class content is relative and opens doors for learners, so they leave college with more than just a qualification.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/what-can-i-study/courses-16-18-year-olds/anima… you want to start your career working with animals, click here to take a look at our courses in Animal Management!</a></p>
