Animal management and care: Nutrition, growth, breeding and handling
Unit summary
Learners will develop a basic understanding of contributory factors effecting animal behaviour. These are important in order to handle different species safely and correctly and in line with current legislative guidelines and codes of practice, and to ensure the general health and wellbeing of animals. Learners will develop practical skills in approaching, handling and moving a range of species safely using correct restraint and handling techniques and equipment. They will be able to correctly identify and describe the visual signs of health and ill health and the factors that may influence them. These will be essential skills that can be further developed should the learner wish to pursue a career in this area or use them as a basis for further educational opportunities.
Unit details
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03 Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care
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03.4
Environmental Conservation
Task-based controlled assessment
| Learning Outcome |
Assessment Criteria |
| 1. Know the requirements of wild and domesticated animals |
a. describe how nutritional requirements vary between animal species including breeding and stages of growth
b. explain how feeding behaviour and digestive systems vary in different animals
c. describe the signs and symptoms of common animal health and ill health |
| 2. Know how Environmental and Land-based businesses and enterprises breed animals |
a. describe how Environmental and Land-based organisations manage the nutritional requirements of animals
b. describe basic genetic principles behind animal breeding programmes |
| 3. Understand the legislation and ethics of animal use in the Environmental and Land-based sector |
a. explain the current legislation and codes of practice governing animals
b. evaluate the principles underpinning the five
animal freedoms |
| 4. Be able to handle animals, tools and equipment safely |
a. handle animals appropriately
b. use a range of tools and equipment safely
c. record safe practice when handling animals, tools and equipment |
| 5. Be able to manage the care of animals |
a. plan and implement, with others, an animal care programme
b. maintain records of an animal care programme
c. review an animal care programme to identify future improvements |