HND Animal Care
Category: Animal Care
Course Type: Full Time Course
Qualification: HND
Course Details:
This full-time course is 32 weeks in duration. It is ideal for people who wish to build on the foundations laid by the HNC course. It covers subjects related specifically to management and specialist animal care. The main themes of the course are:
- Specialist Animal Care in Avian, Wildlife and Ornamental Fish
- Animal Pharmacology
- Dog Training
- Applied Animal Behaviour
- Management of a Small Business.
Completion of this HND can provide direct entry into a variety of animal related degree programmes across the UK, with previous students having gone on to study degrees in animal behaviour, wildlife, zoology and animal care.
Entry Requirements:
Successful completion of the HNC in Animal Care
A work placement during which the student has to produce a portfolio of work carried out. (This is normally carried out in the summer between HNC and HND).
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".
