New Zealand Certificate in Animal Care (Companion Animals) (Level 3)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 3 |
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About the course
Nurture your passion for animals with the New Zealand Certificate in Animal Care (Companion Animals). Become a valued member of your local animal shelter or clinic, learn how to care for your own pet or pathway into a higher animal care qualification.
You will learn:
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Health and Behaviour
- Animal Ethics and Legalities
- Health and Housing for Dogs, Cats, Caged Birds, Rodents and Rabbits or Reptiles and Amphibians
This qualification will help you develop skills needed for working or further training in the animal care industry.
About the provider
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.
We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.
We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.
We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.