Course sections

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  An Introduction to Pet Care

  This topic will set out some of the basic information to consider before advancing your career with animals as well as help you understand how all the animal care industry segments fit together.

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  Provide Basic Care for Cats

  With their inspired playfulness and independent spirit, it’s no wonder cats are one of the most popular pets in Australia.

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  Provide Basic Care for Dogs

  This guide presents the basic care for domestic dogs and reviews some of the most popular dog breeds in Australia.

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  Provide Basic Care for Freshwater Fish

  This course covers the basic fish anatomy and physiology.

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  Provide Basic Care for Birds

  This topic will cover a broad range of aspects relating to basic care of birds.

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  Provide Basic Care for Reptiles and Amphibians

  This guide provides basic care for reptiles and amphibians and looks into their link to prehistoric cousins.

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  Provide Basic Care for Rodents and Rabbits

  Often rabbits and rodents are unsung heroes of medical breakthroughs. Study this topic to learn how to care for them.

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  Provide Dog Grooming Service

  This topic looks into the skills required for dog grooming and the need to maintain equipment in good order provide excellent customer service and highlights how to administer a salon.

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  Taking Care of your Animals

  There are many benefits in pet ownership including companionship, opportunity for increased social interaction with other people and providing a calming effect.

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  Common Health Issues in Domestic Pets

  This topic describes some of the diseases that are the most relevant and common illnesses to which a pet may be exposed to during its life.

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  Identify and Respond to Animal Behaviour

  This module highlights some of the common behaviours associated with dogs, cats, horses and birds

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  Basic First Aid for Animals

  Know some of the most common emergencies for animals and the immediate first aid that can be provided until veterinary attention can be sought.

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  Routine Health Care for Animals

  Routine health care for animals is important to ensure that they are cared for appropriately.

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  Rehabilitation of Domestic Animals

  The skill and patience with which rehabilitation is undertaken can make all the difference to the animal’s recovery, and make a significant contribution to their prognosis.

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  Maintain and Monitor Animal Health and Well-being

  This topic presents an understanding of what comprises animal health, animal wellbeing and animal welfare.

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  Common Health Problems in Farm Animals

  Study the diseases and effects of parasites and plant poisonings in farm animals.

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  Working in Veterinary Services

  Discover the most common types of animal facilities in veterinary industry and the standard roles available within them.

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  Administration Services for the Veterinary Service

  A veterinarian offering treatment or medical procedures to a client is expected to discuss the level of skills that the team will offer and also discuss any possible complications.

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  Safety in Veterinary Services

  Veterinary Service must provide a safe workplace environment for staff, clients, patients and all visitors.

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  A Day in the Life of A Veterinarian

  Discover a day in the life of veterinarian’s challenging and rewarding career.

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  Assist in Health Care of Animals

  Learn more about good animal welfare requirements and disease prevention, veterinary treatment, appropriate shelter, management, nutrition, humane handling and humane slaughter.

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  Veterinary Diagnostic Sample Collection

  This topic examines pets that are living longer, healthier lives and why our production animals are growing more efficiently.

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  Comply with Infection Control Policies and Procedures in Animal Work

  This topic looks at the viruses found almost everywhere on the planet that can infect animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria.

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  Controlling Bacterial and Fungal Diseases in Animals

  Infectious disease caused by pathogens is one of the major causes of illness and malaise in animals. Through this topic, know how to control these diseases.

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  Implementing Animal Health Control Programs

  This topic will look at the parasites that need to be considered in two broad groups of domestic animals – companion and production animals

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  Provide Nutritional Advice and Support for Animals

  Living creatures need to find ways of nourishing itself, and animals are no exception.

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  Domestic Animal Toxicology

  This module will give an overview of toxicology as it relates to domesticated animals.

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  Inherited Disorders of Dogs, Cats and Horses

  This learning guide will present a brief overview of inherited disorders focusing on dogs cats and horses however there are inherited disorders in almost all domesticated species

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  Other Conditions and Disorders

  This topic will be light on specific information about diseases

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  Managing Animal Welfare Needs

  This topic looks at working with animals, the welfare and priorities of those animals.

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  Complying with Animal Welfare Requirements

  This topic looks into the science and world experiences including, challenges from climate change and ecosystem degradation and society’s issues are also faced by animals.

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  Apply Principles of Animal Behaviour

  Owning a pet can be extremely rewarding however, it is important to remember that pet ownership is also a huge responsibility.

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  Apply Animal Welfare and Handling Requirements

  This topic will set out some of the practical steps to supporting animal welfare in the context of animal care worker, from handling to the provision of care.

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  Rescue Animals and Apply Basic First Aid

  this module is perfect for people interested in pursuing animal rescue and welfare career paths.

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  Animal Welfare for Wild Animals: Free and Captive

  This topic aims to serve as an introduction to the care of wild animals in the wild and in captivity.

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  Animal Health Information Resources

  A module that covers some of the basics on accessing and assessing the quality of animal health information that is available.

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  Caring for Young Animals

  Working in the animal care industry often necessitates the care of baby or juvenile animals.

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  Animal Welfare for Farm Animals

  This topic will focus on the animal welfare challenges associated with farming

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  Introduction to Wildlife Conservation

  This topic looks at endangered species and classification, biological diversity, genetics, and threats to wildlife from invasive species.

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  Recovery of Threatened Species

  An overview of the risks facing many of the most threatened wildlife species and some of the common mitigation strategies to assist their recovery are dicussed in this topic

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  Habitat Conservation

  Learn the natural surroundings of an animal plant or microorganism that supply the resources it requires.

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  Approaches to Conservation of Threatened Wildlife

  This topic looks at Conservation Biology as a discipline from the growing perception of an extinction crisis.

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  Vegetation (Flora) Surveys

  The components of this topic covers Australian environmental legislation and how this outlines vegetation survey practices.

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  Fauna Surveys

  This topic aims to introduce the concept of surveying fauna (animal kingdom) populations.

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  Marine Conservation

  Discover the marine biome which is by far the largest biome in the world and spans the entire globe

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  Planning for Wildlife

  Wildlife is at risk globally, both in terms of individual species becoming threatened or facing extinction, and as a generalised trend towards reduced biodiversity. 

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  Introduction to Wildlife Management

  In this topic we will look at the history of wildlife conservation and go over the key concepts and terminology.

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  Introduction to Wildlife Ecology

  From general and bacteria this topic looks at the extension of life and life diversity.

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