Course description
Animal Welfare Level 4
Interested in the protection, care and welfare of animals within a variety of different environments? Our Animal Welfare Level 4 course will provide you with a thorough understanding of this concept and how it is achieved in the care, farming and conservation of animals.
Legal, ethical, commercial, agricultural, conservational… with this online course you can achieve maximum coverage on all welfare topics, as well as be given the freedom to learn more about your particular areas of interest.
Want to learn more about marine life, habitats and animal behaviour? This course covers all the bases. Want to know more about ethical farming and how to get involved in the protection of wild elephants? Our course can provide you with the stepping stones to sourcing this information.
In fact, by the end of this one year course you will walk away fully enlightened on all aspects of Animal Welfare, and will be able to actively take this theoretical knowledge and apply it to your work.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
No prior knowledge or experience in animal welfare is needed in order to enrol onto this course. .
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ) and a Learner Unit Summary (which details of all the units you have completed).
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.
National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.
Course Benefits
With this course, you will be able to:
- Allow you to learn on your own terms, at your own pace and from the comfort of your home
- Encourage a healthy work-study balance
- Help you to improve your existing theoretical knowledge on animal welfare
- Give you instant access to your own personal tutor and the assistance of our Student Support team – help is only one click away
- Provide you with the chance to experience hassle free learning – no exams, no deadlines, no classrooms… all materials will be delivered straight to your door
- Broaden your career prospects
Training Course Content
Unit 1: Introduction to Animal Health and Welfare
- Animal welfare laws including The Welfare Act (2006)
- Approaches to farming and their impact on animal welfare
- Promoting good health in animals, and identifying the signs of ill health
- Key illnesses and diseases that affect animals
Unit 2: Animal Feeding and Nutrition
- Feeding behaviours
- Foraging
- Food selection
- Predation
- The physiology of feeding
- Evolution of feeding
Unit 3: Animal Breeds and Grooming
- What is the purpose of grooming?
- How To Groom a Long Haired Dog
- Examples of Long Haired Dogs
- Medium and Short Haired Dogs
- Cats Breeds and Grooming
- Rabbit Breeds and Grooming
- Different Breeds of Horse
- General Grooming for All Horse Breeds
- Breeds and Grooming of Farm Livestock Animals
Unit 4: Farm Animal Welfare
- Overview of animal welfare
- What is farm animal welfare?
- Specific welfare considerations for farm animals
- What UK laws say about farm animal welfare
- How organisations are working to improve animal welfare
- Impacts of farm animal welfare on society
Unit 5: Wildlife and Marine Welfare
- What is marine animal welfare?
- Specific welfare considerations for marine animals
- What UK laws say about marine animal welfare
- How organisations are working to improve marine animal welfare
- What is wildlife welfare?
- Specific welfare considerations for wildlife
- What UK laws say about wildlife welfare
- How organisations are working to improve wildlife welfare
Unit 6: Legislation and Animal Rights
- What is animal rights?
- The history of the animal rights movement
- Animal Welfare Act 2006
Course delivery details
For online based courses, you will study your course and submit work online. Paper based courses are the same as online, but with additional printed study packs sent to you.
And all it takes is just 120 hours of your time! 120 hours that you can easily mould around your current work commitments, without ever having to sacrifice on your other wants and needs. />We purposefully design our courses to give you the freedom to learn on your own terms, in your own time and from the comfort of your own home. By doing so, you can take solace in the knowledge that you’ll still be able to meet your job obligations; be there for your family AND still get a chance to explore a subject you love.
There are no classes involved. Instead, by making our courses accessible online, you can adapt our courses to suit your study preferences, and essentially study when, where and however you want.
Prefer to learn slowly? You can learn as fast or as slow as you want! A bit of a nocturnal learner? You can complete this course on your own timetable. />The way you choose to learn is yours to control.
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