ANML3105 – Companion Animals Practicum
Module code
ANML3105
Module title
Companion Animals Practicum
Prescription
The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies to assist in a companion animal care facility.
Programmes
- NZ2487
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
10
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 100
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- 1. Demonstrate professional and ethical behaviour in a team environment in companion animal facilities.
2. Provide day-to-day feeding, husbandry, handling and routine health procedures to maintain the welfare of animals in a companion animal facility.
3. Apply health and safety, legal, and welfare practices to working in companion animal facilities. - Content
- Course Specific: Work experience of at least 40 hours will take place in a workplace environment that provides opportunity for aakonga to practice and apply the skills and knowledge inherent in the qualification outcomes.
- Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods to align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional specific requirement, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
Aakonga will prepare for practicum by completing modules on health and safety, professionalism, hygiene, and practicum expectations.
Work experience will be supported with ongoing individualised support, formative assessment and feedback, learning conversations, observations, and communities of practice. Teaching content will be developed in response to learner needs in order to provide them with the practical skills for work-based learning. - Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course employs a competency-based grading scheme. Aakonga will be advised of all matters relating to summative assessment prior to the start of the course.
Aakonga are required to achieve all of the outcomes in order to pass competency-based assessment. - Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resource are provided to aakonga via course outlines.
