ANML303 – Routine Animal Care
Module code
ANML303
Module title
Routine Animal Care
Prescription
To provide students with the necessary knowledge, attributes and skills to maintain the daily care of common companion animals.
Programmes
- SX1602
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Describe the care of common New Zealand companion animals to ensure a positive state of welfare.
Demonstrate basic handling, restraint and home-based health procedures of common companion animals.
Identify common signs of abnormal animal behaviour.
Maintain appropriate standards of professional behaviour and practice in the workplace. - Content
- -Breed identification
-Housing and transport
-Daily care requirements of companion animals, including cats, dogs, rabbits and rodents
-Identify abnormal behaviour
-Apply Handling and restraint techniques
-Perform routine procedures including grooming
-Codes of practice for welfare
-Standards of professional practice and behaviour - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning will facilitated using a range of teaching and learning methods, which may include:
-Practical - laboratory; practical or workshop sessions and activities; demonstrations; field trips/industry visits; projects
-Theory - includes web-supported tutor facilitated/directed presentations; lectures and tutorials; group activities; peer presentations and review; group/individual research; online learning activities; case studies; guest speakers; projects - Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this module is mixed mode. Students must gain a minimum mark of 50% in the achievement-based assessments and meet all requirements of the competency-based assessments to pass this module. The final grade will be based on the marks for the achievement-based assessment tasks.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- Animal House facilities
