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City & Guilds Skills for Working Life : Land Based : Animal Care certificate

Animal Care

During the course we learn the skills we need if we want to work with domestic or farm animals in the future.

Animal CareOn our purpose built farm and in the animal care classroom, we have a range of domestic and farm animals and are responsible for their welfare.  We have goats, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and more. We also have a large outside aviary with budgies, cockatiels and finches.

As a team we clean out the animals and birds during the week as well as feeding them daily and monitoring their health.

During the year some of our animals have babies, which we sell to local pet retailers, such as Stapley.  We also hatch our own chickens in an incubator.  When they are big enough, we take them to Chelford or Beeston Animal Markets to sell.  The money we raise helps to run the farm.

Animal CareAs part of our course we look at what products are made from animals, such as milk, cheese and meat.  Recently we were shown how to spin wool.

In addition to our own farm, we regularly visit a local stables, where we help muck out and groom the horses.

Animal Care

“Students on the land based pathways at Petty Pool College gain high-level practical skills for employment through their work on the college’s farm.”

Ofsted

 

Animal Care is an extremely popular course at Petty Pool and give students a wide range of opportunities to work with different animals.

We have very close links with the R.S.P.C.A. who regularly come in to talk to the students about animal welfare. A number of the animals we keep on the farm have be rescued by the RSPCA and re-housed at Petty Pool.

For the past few years, the Animal Care group has also taken part in a number of fundraising activities for the RSPCA, raising over £500!

Raising money for the RSPCA