Animal Care and Welfare Assistant apprentice
CAMEL CREEK LIMITED
Wadebridge, PL27 7RA
Closes in 30 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 October 2024
Contents
Summary
Camel Creek are offering an exciting opportunity to join their dynamic team as an Animal Care and Welfare Assistant apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career in this exciting industry.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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8am - 5pm, Rota/shifts, will include weekends and school holidays, 1 hour for breaks broken up into 3 different break times. Exact shifts TBC.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 4 November
- Duration
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1 Year 3 Months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Regular cleaning of enclosures for the large and small animals and cleaning of equipment used on a daily basis.
- Maintaining vegetation within the animal enclosures and surrounding areas to keep enclosures natural for animals but also functional for photography.
- Providing enrichment for all the animals, to include new furnishings, bedding, new foods etc.
- General site maintenance to include painting of buildings/nest boxes, working alongside the maintenance team for pen repairs.
- The majority of the day is spent feeding and providing fresh water for all the animals on site.
- Public engagement including talks, handling sessions, junior keeper experiences and more.
- Work with schools and colleges to give students the opportunities to get up close to animals and work alongside us to show what a job in the animal care sector is really like.
Where you’ll work
Camel Creek
Tredinnick
Wadebridge
PL27 7RA
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Your training course
Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
You will be working towards a Level 2 Animal Care & Welfare Assistant Apprenticeship Standard.
You will receive on and off-the-job training and support from an assessor and an Apprenticeship advisor.
You will be required to attend Cornwall College Duchy Stoke Climsland on a weekly basis as part of the apprenticeship training.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3/D)
- Maths (grade 3/D)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Transport to work and to college would be required as there is no accommodation provided.
About this company
Camel Creek is both an Adventure Park as well as a Zoo. We primarily aim to give people the best day out and be the special moment on their Holiday’s. As an Animal Department we strive to Educate the public about the species we have and the habitats they live in, research new and improved ways of keeping our animals, and contribute to conserving the natural world around us. We are the biggest, largest and best attraction in Cornwall! We offer such a great variety of activities for our guests to enjoy. We offer more diverse attractions than any other organisation. We are based in the Wadebridge/Padstow area of Cornwall.
After this apprenticeship
Potential to progress onto the Animal Care & Welfare Level 3 apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Holly
01209616452
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279898.
Apply now
Closes in 30 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
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