Veterinary Care Assistant Apprenticeship
Towerwood Vets
Leeds, LS16 7DR
Closes on Friday 31 January
Posted on 19 December 2024
Contents
Summary
Full time position available in a busy first opinion practice as an animal care assistant. 40 hour week with shifts varying between 8am-8pm and rotation for Saturday shifts.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
- Training course
- Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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40 hours per week
Shifts varying between 8am-8pm with a rotation of Saturday.
Days TBC.
Mainly based at the Cookridge Surgery with occasional shifts at the Greengates Clinic.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 3 February
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
Duties include:
- Handling and restraint of patients
- Patient husbandry - feeding/exercise/grooming
- Assist the vet and nurse with patient care
- Prepare equipment and areas for surgery/procedures
- Running lab samples
- Cleaning and disinfection of areas
- Preparing the cleaning and sterilisation of equipment
- Storage of drugs and consumables
- Reception and telephone answering
Where you’ll work
27 Tinshill Road
Cookridge
Leeds
LS16 7DR
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
THE COLLEGE OF ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED
Your training course
Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
Level 2 Apprenticeship - Animal Care & Welfare Assistant
Course provided by The College of Animal Welfare (CAW) via online/distance learning.
It will take 14-20 months to complete.
Requirements
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
- Team working
- Excellent Customer Service
- Good Administration skills
Other requirements
Varied work in a busy veterinary practice The candidate will be working on reception regularly
About this company
Towerwood Vets has been established for over forty years. We are a first opinion vets based in north Leeds.
After this apprenticeship
Once completed, the qualification, in combination with a full Level 2 qualification in Maths and English (GCSE grades A*-C/9-4 or a Level 2 Functional Skills qualification) will allow you to apply for the Level 3 Veterinary Nursing programme.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE COLLEGE OF ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED
Justin Groves
jgroves@caw.ac.uk
01480 422060
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292302.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 31 January
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