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Introduction to Animal Care Leisure and Professional

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Location and start date

Bicton College - 5 November 2025

Level

Level 1 Levels Explained

Duration

1 day, 09:30-16:30

Subject area

Animal Management & Veterinary Nursing Find out more

Attendance

Part-time

Course information

This 1-day course will provide an introduction to the animal industry, including the wildlife around us as well as working with some of the animals we accommodate, and how they behave and how to care for them.

- An overview of the Animal Industry
- Wildlife walk to observe nature around our stunning Arboretum
- Basic animal handling; you will handle a range of animals from small mammals to our wonderful donkeys and learn how they behave
- Dog Grooming demonstration

An interest in animals.

Not applicable.

- Canine Husbandry
- Dog Grooming
- Wildlife & Conservation
- Animal Management

Bicton College

Bicton College

Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.



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Course type: Leisure and Professional
Apply now This course will run at Bicton College on Wednesdays from 10:00 until 16:00
For individuals with an income over £32,000, there is a nominal fee. ( Tuition Fees: £0.00 ).
Financial support for ages 19+
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Course Code 13775-BIC-25

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