Agriculture - Animal Care Worker
Agriculture - Animal Care Worker
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Animal care workers look after animals in kennels, rescue centres and sanctuaries.
- Check animals daily and monitor their health
- Clean out kennels, enclosures, cages or stables
- Prepare food and help out at feeding times
- Clean and groom animals
- Look after sick or distressed animals
- Update records and deal with questions from colleagues or the public
- Make sure animals are exercised regularly
As an Animal Care Worker, you could work at an animal welfare centre, at a wildlife park or in kennels. Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time, physically demanding and dirty.
Animal Care Workers tend to work between 38 to 40 hours a week. You could work evenings, weekends and or bank holidays on shifts.
Starting: £14,000
Experienced: £24,000
You can get into this job through a college course, an apprenticeship, volunteering or working towards this role.
You could take a college course in animal care, for example:
Level 1 Certificate in Skills for Working in Animal Care Industries
Level 2 Diploma in Animal Care
T Level in Animal Care and Management
Level 3 Award in Small Animal Care and Management
It'll help to have some experience of working with animals before you start looking for a job.
Volunteering with animal rescue, animal sanctuaries or conservation charities can sometimes lead to paid work. You may need to do jobs like fundraising or administration first, as a way to get in.