Animal Husbandry (Specific Animals)
Bishop Burton College - East Riding of Yorkshire
01964553000
York Road, Bishop Burton, Beverley, HU17 8QG
Course summary

To provide you with a broad range of knowledge and understanding about a wide range of animals, whilst enabling your progression by developing your employability skills or preparing you for your year two programme in Animal Management, depending on your career goals. To provide you with the basis of academic, technical, and practical skills regarding the care of companion, farm, and exotic animals in various industries. To develop your animal handling and husbandry skills with a wide variety of species and specialist environments. To give you the opportunity to gain vital work experience with local animal businesses to develop industry-specific knowledge and skills, and experience a true taste of the career you have set your sights on.

Entry requirements

5 GCSEs at grade 4+, including Science, English and Maths, or a relevant BTEC Level 2/First Diploma or equivalent*. A satisfactory academic reference is also needed. *If you have GCSEs at grade 4 that do not include Science you will be offered the Level 2 Diploma in Animal Care and will move to Level 3 following successful completion. If you have GCSEs at grade 4, including Science, but English and/or Maths are at grade 3 or below, we may offer you the Level 3 Animal Management with English and Maths.

How you'll be assessed

You will be assessed through external exams, practical work, theory assignments, reports, posters, presentations and lab experiments. Upon completion of this course, you will be graded Pass, Merit or Distinction.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Local AuthorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressYork Road, Bishop Burton, Beverley, HU17 8QG