Equivalency of the prerequisite qualification, Certificate II in Animal Care/Studies may include relevant employed or voluntary (work experience) positions in a range of animal care facilities.
You will be asked to demonstrate equivalent skills and knowledge in the following five areas:
- Work health and safety risks in an animal care facility
- Animal identification, handling and behaviour
- Animal nutrition (prepare, present and distribute food and water for animals under supervision and according to animal dietary requirements)
- Animal hygiene routines
- Animal husbandry and health routines
Here’s some examples of tasks you may have performed whilst working in an animal care facility:
- Basic care of animals, including feeding, exercise, grooming, washing of animals
- Understanding of basic animal care needs i.e. diet, fleas, worms etc
- Cleaning/ hygiene procedures of the animal’s environment, e.g., cage, enclosure, bedding, stable
- Handling animals regularly using appropriate handling and restraint methods and can identify basic animal behaviour signs
- Observing and recording animals’ behaviour
- Following Work, Health and Safety guidelines with an understanding of hazards in the animal care industry,
- Ability to identify basic health care concerns in animals i.e. canine cough, ringworm, cat flu etc
