Animal Care Technical Diploma Level 2

4 GCSEs at grade 3/D or above, includ­ing Eng­lish and/​or Maths and prefer­ably a science. 

We will review each appli­ca­tion on a case-by-case basis to ensure you get a place on the course most suit­able for you. One of the ways we do this is through a very effec­tive ​‘6 weeks to suc­cess pro­gramme’ that oper­ates from the first day you start your course. 

This includes sup­port such as (but not lim­it­ed to):

• Allow­ing you to change cours­es if you change your mind in the first 6 weeks — sub­ject to course availability. 
• Mov­ing you between course lev­els if you are find­ing your cur­rent lev­el too easy / too hard sub­ject to course availability. 
• Incor­po­rat­ing Eng­lish and maths GCSE resits in to your timetable if you don’t pass at Grade 4. 
• One-to-one reviews with your aca­d­e­m­ic tutor to ensure you are pro­gress­ing and achiev­ing well. 

Our course enquiries and admis­sions team can be con­tact­ed at enquiries@​stamford.​ac.​uk should you have any fur­ther questions.

On suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of this course with a Mer­it, you can progress to the Ani­mal Man­age­ment Extend­ed Diplo­ma Lev­el 3 or employ­ment as an:

• Ani­mal Technician
• Ani­mal Care Shel­ter Worker
• Pet Shop Assistant
• Ken­nel or Cat­tery Worker

You will also need to have passed GCSE Eng­lish, maths and sci­ence to progress to the Lev­el 3 Nation­al (Extend­ed) Diplo­ma in Ani­mal Management

You will study the fol­low­ing units: 

• Prac­ti­cal ani­mal health 
• Intro­duc­tion to ani­mal biol­o­gy and health 
• Ani­mal care work placement 
• Ani­mal welfare 
• Ani­mal behav­iour assess­ment and safe handling 
• Feed­ing, accom­mo­dat­ing and mov­ing animals