Animal Care
Barony College has an excellent reputation for delivering Animal Care training and education. Our Animal Care Training Centre puts us in the premier league of providers. This specialist facility provides housing and working areas for companion pets including dogs, birds, many different types of small animals, reptiles and ornamental fish. Both college-based and distance-learning courses are well established and our flexible learning programmes have been successfully delivered to candidates for many years.
Over 60,000 people in the UK are currently in employment involving the care of animals. The ability to care for animals is a skill required in a wide range of organisations and nationally recognised qualifications are now required by the majority of employers.
There are numerous opportunities for people with animal care qualifications. Boarding kennels and catteries are widespread throughout the UK and provide openings for kennel assistants up to managerial level. Many charity organisations have veterinary hospitals and welfare centres that employ inspectors, ambulance drivers and other staff dedicated to the caring and rescue of animals. Local authorities, parks, zoos and the armed forces all require trained animal care staff.
Further Information
If you would like more information regarding our Animal Care courses, please contact:
Karen Martyniuk, Section Head
Tel: 01387 860251 Email:
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STUDENT CASE STUDY
Gillian McCulloch came to Barony College in 2008, and completed two years studying HNC and HND Animal Care. She has always known that being and working with animals is what she wanted to do.
Gillian said: "I chose the Animal Care course as I knew I would enjoy studying all aspects and gain more experience with animals. I knew by choosing this course it would help me get to where I'd want to be in the future. The work was very challenging, however I soon learned that studying would pay off in the end. I gained a lot of support from all my lecturers which also helped me to enjoy the course. It has helped me in my current job as Animal Care Assistant at the Scottish SPCA. It gave me a lot of background knowledge, and some of my favourite units I studied like behaviour, welfare and anatomy are all things I deal with in everyday work. I am so glad to have achieved my dream job. I am very passionate about the charity and love every minute of it".
