You might be planning your first job in a zoo. You learn husbandry, safety, enrichment and carnivore biology. Both modules sit online, ready when you are.
Feeding, health, enrichment and enclosures in a working zoo.
Taxonomy, biology and behaviour across the carnivore families.
Zoo health and safety has a unit of its own.
The animals first, then the job of keeping them.
Three things worth knowing before you enquire.
One course on carnivores rather than every animal at once.
Seals, otters and orcas sit beside the big cats and bears.
One unit is about people around animals, keepers and visitors.
A provider certificate, not nationally recognised training
Awarded when both modules are done.
Records the units you were assessed on.
Sixteen units, named on paper.
Say which animals pull you in.
Upfront, or weekly if eligible.
Study the carnivores, then the keeping.
Finish with certificates and a transcript.
You finish with provider certificates and a transcript. It is not nationally recognised, so no national code sits behind it. An advisor can show you accredited animal care options.
Yes. The second module is the keeper side of any zoo.
Canines, felines, bears, mustelids and aquatic carnivores.
None. It suits beginners and people with animal training behind them.
Twelve months to complete, at your own pace.
Practical assessments through the units.
A computer and steady internet. One can be provided.
Yes, after a conversation with your guardian.
My Learning Online teaches online, from Australia.
Tutors answer six days a week while you work through the units.
Picture the morning feed round on your first keeper shift.