Course Description

Is your passion captive animals? Are you working in zoo's? Turn your passion into a profession with the Certificate in Zoology.

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Units of Study

Unit 1 -      Communications Skills - This unit covers positive communication skills within the veterinary clinic

Unit 2 -      Teamwork - This unit covers effective teamwork, network, different cultures, equal employment and workplace bullying and harassment.

Unit 3 -      Workplace Health and Safety - This unit covers work health and safety of clients, employees, visitors, contractors, volunteers and suppliers 

Unit 4 -      Nature of Zoos - This unit covers the nature of zoos as a source of education and conservation.

Unit 5 -      Nutritional Support - This unit covers the nutritional requirements and feeding preferences of animals within zoos

Unit 6 -      Health Management - This unit covers health management measures required for a range of different captive zoo animals.

Unit 7 -      Ethology - This unit covers appropriate ways to manage a range of different wild animals in zoos

Unit 8 -      Mammal - This unit covers the distinguishing characteristics of all major groups of Mammals.

Unit 9 -      Marsupials - This unit covers the distinguishing characteristics of animals in the order Marsupialia.

Unit 10 -    Herpetology - This unit covers the nature and scope of reptiles.

Unit 11 -    Ungulata - This unit covers the distinguishing characteristics of animals within the grand order Ungulata.

Unit 12 -    Archonta - This unit covers the distinguishing characteristics of animals within the grand order Archonta.

Unit 13 -    Primates - This unit covers the nature and scope of primates.

Unit 14 -    Carnivore - This unit covers the characteristics, classification and significance of carnivorous animals to man, ecosystems, diet and environments.

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Students Receive

Once course is complete 

1   x Certificate In Zoology

1   x Course Transcript 

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