City & Guilds Limited · RQF Level 3

City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Work-based Animal Care

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  • LevelRQF Level 3
  • Total credits51
  • Guided learning346 hours
  • Units in this qualification72

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City & Guilds, in collaboration with the National Land Based College (NLBC) has designed Land Based Technical Qualifications to increase skills levels in the land based sector.

These are the units City & Guilds Limited registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.

Assess and plan dog grooming workReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll be able to assess a dog's coat, skin, and condition to plan appropriate grooming work tailored to breed and owner requirements. The unit also covers maintaining and using grooming equipment safely, promoting health and safety, and recognising potential health or behavioural issues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Assess and plan dog grooming work
  • Maintain and use relevant equipment for dog grooming
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice in dog grooming
  • Understand how to assess and plan dog grooming work
  • Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment used in dog grooming
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice in dog grooming
Assess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with the ability to assess new environments for animal placement, considering physical and social factors. You'll evaluate risks, suitability for species-specific needs, and compliance with the five freedoms to promote animal welfare.

What you'll be able to do

  • Assess the suitability of new environments for animals, considering their five freedoms (freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from discomfort, freedom from pain, injury or disease, freedom to express normal behaviour, and freedom from fear and distress)
  • Explain how to assess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animals, taking into account their specific needs and welfare requirements
Care for animals after they have workedReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to care for animals after work, including feeding, sheltering, grooming, and working safely. You'll understand relevant health and safety legislation and safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Care for animals effectively after they have worked
  • Work safely when caring for animals after they have worked
  • Care for animals after they have worked, considering their specific needs
  • Know relevant health and safety legislation related to animal care after work
Carrying out styling and finishing of dogsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to perform styling and finishing techniques on dogs to meet breed standards or client requirements. You'll maintain and use relevant equipment safely while promoting health, safety, and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out styling and finishing for dogs to meet breed standards or client requirements
  • Maintain and use relevant equipment for dog styling and finishing safely and effectively
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice in the dog styling and finishing environment
  • Understand how to carry out styling and finishing for dogs, considering coat type and animal welfare
  • Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment used in dog styling and finishing, including hygiene and safety
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice related to dog styling and finishing
Co-ordinate the care of animals that have strayed been abused, harmed or abandonedReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the ability to co-ordinate care for animals that have been abused, harmed, strayed, or abandoned. This includes arranging veterinary care, accommodation, rehabilitation, and liaising with relevant agencies while understanding the animals' specific needs and legal requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Co-ordinate the care of animals that have been abused, harmed, been picked up as stray or abandoned, ensuring their welfare and recovery
  • Understand how to co-ordinate the care of animals that have been abused, harmed, been picked up as stray or abandoned, considering their specific needs and legal requirements
Conduct priority and volume investigationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop knowledge of legal, organisational, and professional requirements for conducting priority and volume investigations. The unit covers gathering and analysing information and completing documentation in accordance with established procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand the legal and organisational requirements in relation to conducting priority and volume investigations.
  • Know and understand the professional practice applicable to conducting priority and volume investigations.
  • Conduct priority and volume investigations.
  • Complete and submit documentation relating to priority and volume investigations.
Contribute to managing aggressive and abusive behaviour of peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners to contribute to managing aggressive and abusive behaviour by recognising triggers, applying de-escalation techniques, and responding according to organisational policies. You'll also report incidents accurately and promote safe communication.

What you'll be able to do

  • Contribute effectively to the management of episodes of aggressive and abusive behaviour of people.
  • Understand how to contribute to the management of episodes of aggressive and abusive behaviour of people, including recognising triggers and de-escalation techniques.
Contribute to the prevention of aggressive and abusive behaviour of peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the ability to contribute to preventing aggressive and abusive behaviour by taking appropriate de-escalation actions, reporting incidents according to organisational procedures, and understanding a range of preventative measures to manage such behaviour.

What you'll be able to do

  • Take appropriate action to discourage aggressive and abusive behaviour of people
  • Understand the range of actions that can be taken to discourage aggressive and abusive behaviour of people
Deliver and evaluate interpretive entertainment and educational activitiesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to deliver and evaluate interpretive entertainment and educational activities. You'll adapt delivery to audience needs, respond to feedback, and assess the effectiveness of activities in meeting learning objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Deliver interpretive and educational activities to engage audiences with environmental topics
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of interpretive and educational activities in achieving learning objectives
  • Explain how to deliver engaging and informative interpretive entertainment and educational activities
  • Explain how to evaluate the effectiveness of interpretive and educational activities, using appropriate methods
Design individual training programmes for animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers designing individual training programmes tailored to animals' abilities and needs, setting achievable goals, and maintaining a safe training environment. You'll apply health and safety procedures and promote environmental good practice throughout training.

What you'll be able to do

  • Design individual training programmes for animals
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice in animal training
  • Understand how to design individual training programmes for animals
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice related to animal training
Design integrated training programmes for people and animals to realise their combined potentialReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to design integrated training programmes for people and animals by setting clear objectives, selecting suitable methods, and promoting health and safety. You'll understand the principles of learning and motivation to facilitate combined potential realisation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Design integrated training programmes for people and animals to realise their combined potential
  • Promote health and safety within the training environment
  • Understand the principles of designing integrated training programmes for people and animals to realise their combined potential
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation pertaining to training environments
Determine and agree policies for the management of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to determine and agree policies for animal management by identifying key stakeholders, gathering information on animal welfare needs, drafting policies, consulting stakeholders, and finalising enforceable policies to support effective animal care.

What you'll be able to do

  • Determine and agree policies for the management of animals
  • Understand how to determine and agree policies for the management of animals
Enable learning through demonstration and instructionReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to facilitate learning through demonstration and instruction by planning and preparing appropriate resources and materials. You'll ensure health and safety compliance during delivery and develop clear, concise learning support materials.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to plan and prepare learning resources and materials for instruction and demonstrations effectively
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan and prepare learning resources and materials for instruction and demonstrations
  • Understand the health and safety requirements to consider during the delivery of learning activities
  • Demonstrate the ability to promote health, safety and good practice during the delivery of learning activities
  • Understand how to evaluate and review learning from activities to improve future delivery
  • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and review learning from activities, providing constructive feedback
Encourage and motivate volunteersReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit focuses on encouraging and motivating volunteers by promoting the ethos and values of volunteering. You'll learn to use motivational techniques, recognise volunteer contributions, and provide constructive feedback to support volunteer engagement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Motivate volunteers by promoting the special ethos and values of volunteering.
  • Recognise voluntary effort by valuing volunteer contributions.
  • Understand how to motivate volunteers by promoting the special ethos and values of volunteering within an organisation.
  • Understand how to recognise voluntary effort by valuing volunteer contributions to an organisation.
Establish animals in a new environmentReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the process of establishing animals in a new environment, including preparing the environment to meet specific needs, introducing animals gradually, and monitoring their adaptation. You'll also gain knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation and the importance of maintaining accurate records.

What you'll be able to do

  • Establish animals in a new environment, ensuring a smooth transition and minimising stress
  • Promote health and safety when establishing animals in a new environment, preventing accidents and injuries
  • Maintain accurate records of the establishment process, including animal health and behaviour
  • Describe how to establish animals in a new environment, considering their specific needs and the characteristics of the environment
  • Explain relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice related to establishing animals in a new environment
Evaluate and improve training programmes which enable animals to achieve specific objectivesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to evaluate and improve animal training programmes by analysing performance data and feedback. You'll implement modifications to enhance training effectiveness and understand different assessment methods to support continuous improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate and improve training programmes which enable animals to achieve specific objectives, based on performance data and feedback.
  • Understand how to evaluate and improve training programmes which enable animals to achieve specific objectives, including assessment methods, learning theories, and animal behaviour.
Evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals against agreed outcomesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals by collecting and analysing outcome data, comparing different programmes, and recommending improvements. The unit also covers promoting health and safety and understanding relevant legislation within training contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals against agreed outcomes
  • Promote health and safety within integrated training programmes
  • Understand how to evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals against agreed outcomes
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation relating to integrated training programmes
Evaluate the match between individuals and animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the ability to evaluate the compatibility between individuals and animals by assessing needs, temperament, and behaviour. The unit includes documenting evaluations, identifying potential hazards, and applying health and safety legislation to ensure safe interactions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate the match between individuals and animals.
  • Promote health and safety.
  • Evaluate the match between individuals and animals.
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation.
Evaluate the receipt of payments from customersReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge to evaluate payment receipt practices in retail environments by understanding the importance of accuracy, security measures, and recording methods. The unit also covers monitoring takings at cash points and identifying improvements to enhance financial control.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate takings practices and procedures in a retail environment, considering accuracy and security.
  • Monitor takings practices and processes at the cash point in a retail environment, identifying potential discrepancies.
  • Evaluate takings practices and procedures in a retail environment to identify areas for improvement.
  • Monitor takings practices and processes at the cash point in a retail environment to ensure compliance with procedures.
Handle animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain skills to handle animals safely and effectively using appropriate techniques and equipment. The unit covers maintaining a calm environment, identifying hazards, and understanding relevant health and safety legislation to reduce risks to both handlers and animals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Handle animals safely and effectively, using appropriate techniques
  • Work safely when handling animals, minimising the risk of injury to yourself and the animals
  • Describe how to handle animals, considering their species, size, and temperament
  • Explain relevant health and safety legislation related to animal handling
Handle animals to enable them to work effectivelyReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop practical skills to handle animals effectively and safely to enable their work. The unit includes appropriate handling techniques, hazard identification, and minimising environmental impact while following health and safety legislation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Handle animals in a way that enables them to work effectively
  • Work safely when handling animals
  • Minimise environmental damage when handling animals
  • Describe how to handle animals to enable them to work effectively
  • Explain relevant health and safety legislation
  • Describe environmental good practice when handling animals
Implement individual training programmes for animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with skills to implement individual animal training programmes by following established plans, monitoring progress, adjusting techniques, and documenting sessions. You'll also promote health and safety and understand relevant legislation during training.

What you'll be able to do

  • Implement individual training programmes for animals effectively
  • Promote health and safety practices during animal training
  • Understand the principles of implementing training programmes for animals
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation pertaining to animal training environments
Implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals to realise their agreed outcomesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals, adapting plans to meet specific needs. You'll document progress, promote health and safety, and understand relevant legislation within the training environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals to realise their agreed outcomes, following established procedures
  • Promote health and safety within the training environment, ensuring a safe working environment
  • Understand how to implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals to realise their agreed outcomes, considering individual needs and learning styles
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation, ensuring compliance with legal requirements
Implement, monitor and evaluate plans for the health and welfare of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to implement and review plans for maintaining animal health and welfare, including providing food, water, hygiene, and enrichment. You'll also promote health, safety, and environmental good practice within animal care settings.

What you'll be able to do

  • Implement plans to maintain animal health and welfare, following established protocols and procedures.
  • Review plans for the maintenance of animal health and welfare, identifying areas for improvement and making necessary adjustments.
  • Promote health and safety practices within the work environment, adhering to relevant guidelines and procedures.
  • Promote environmental good practice, minimising the impact of activities on the surrounding environment.
  • Understand how to implement plans to maintain animal health and welfare, considering individual animal needs and environmental factors.
  • Understand how to review plans for the maintenance of animal health and welfare, using data analysis and professional judgement.
Improve the customer relationshipReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to improve customer relationships through effective communication techniques, identifying customer needs, adapting communication styles, and balancing customer requirements with organisational objectives to enhance service delivery and exceed expectations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Improve communication with customers to build rapport and understanding.
  • Balance the needs of the customer and the organisation to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
  • Exceed customer expectations to develop the relationship and foster loyalty.
  • Understand how to improve the customer relationship through effective communication, problem-solving, and service delivery.
Interview suspects in relation to priority and volume investigationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge of legal and organisational requirements, including PACE codes, for interviewing suspects in priority and volume investigations. The unit develops skills in planning, conducting, and evaluating interviews ethically and effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand relevant legal and organisational requirements in relation to interviewing suspects, including PACE codes of practice
  • Know and understand the principles of interviewing suspects, including ethical considerations
  • Plan and prepare interviews with suspects, gathering relevant information and resources
  • Conduct an interview with a suspect, using appropriate techniques and communication skills
  • Evaluate interviews with suspects and carry out post-interview procedures, including documentation and reporting
Interview victims and witnesses in relation to priority and volume investigationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand legal and organisational requirements for interviewing victims and witnesses in priority and volume investigations. The unit develops skills in planning, conducting interviews, and applying principles of active listening, confidentiality, and effective communication.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand relevant legal and organisational requirements in relation to interviewing victims and witnesses, including data protection and confidentiality
  • Know and understand the principles of interviewing victims and witnesses, including active listening and effective communication
  • Plan and prepare interviews with victims and witnesses, considering their needs and vulnerabilities
  • Conduct interviews with victims and witnesses in a sensitive and professional manner
  • Evaluate and carry out post-interview procedures with victims and witnesses, including record keeping and support
Investigate reported abuse or harm to animals and act appropriatelyReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to investigate reported animal abuse or harm by gathering information, following established protocols, documenting findings accurately, and taking appropriate action. The unit covers relevant legal frameworks and procedures to ensure thorough and responsible investigations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Investigate reported instances of abuse or harm to animals, following established protocols and procedures
  • Understand the methods and legal frameworks involved in investigating reported abuse or harm to animals
Load and unload animals for transportationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the preparation, loading, and unloading of animals for transportation, focusing on assessing animal fitness, providing appropriate provisions, and ensuring secure restraint. You'll gain knowledge of relevant legislation, codes of practice, and safe working procedures to minimise stress and injury during transport.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare animals for transportation, ensuring their comfort and safety during the journey.
  • Prepare the transport vehicle for loading, ensuring it meets the required standards for animal transportation.
  • Load and unload animals for transportation safely and efficiently, minimising stress and potential injury.
  • Work safely throughout the loading, transportation, and unloading process, adhering to health and safety regulations.
  • Prepare animals for transportation, including assessing their fitness to travel and providing appropriate care.
  • Prepare the transport vehicle for loading, including checking its suitability and ensuring adequate ventilation.
  • Load and unload animals for transport, using appropriate techniques and equipment.
  • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice relating to animal transportation, including welfare standards and documentation requirements.
Maintain the availability of goods for sale to customers in a retail environmentReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to organise staff for effective product display, assess the effectiveness of retail displays using various methods including customer feedback, and maintain product availability and quality within a retail environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Organise staff to display goods effectively for retail sale
  • Assess the effectiveness of displays in a retail environment
  • Keep products available and maintain product quality in a retail environment
  • Organise staff to display goods for retail sale in an appealing and effective manner
  • Assess the effectiveness of displays in a retail environment, identifying areas for improvement
  • Keep products available and maintain product quality in a retail environment, minimising waste and maximising sales
Maintain the health and welfare of animals during transportationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain skills to monitor and maintain animal health and welfare during transportation, including observing signs of stress, providing care, and conducting post-transport activities. The unit also covers working safely and minimising environmental impact in accordance with relevant legislation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Monitor animals during transportation to ensure their health and welfare
  • Maintain animals during transportation by providing appropriate care and attention
  • Carry out post-transportation activities, such as unloading and settling animals
  • Work safely during animal transportation, minimising risks to themselves and others
  • Minimise environmental damage during animal transportation by following good practices
  • Monitor animals during transportation, recognising signs of stress or illness
  • Maintain animals during transportation, providing appropriate food, water, and ventilation
  • Know relevant health and safety legislation related to animal transportation
  • Know environmental good practice guidelines for animal transportation
  • Carry out post-transportation activities, ensuring animal welfare and biosecurity
Manage the care of young animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to care for young animals, including handling, feeding, and hygiene practices. The unit also covers adherence to health and safety legislation and promotion of environmentally responsible practices in animal care.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the ability to care for young animals effectively
  • Demonstrate the ability to promote health and safety and environmental good practice in animal care
  • Understand the principles of caring for young animals, including their specific needs
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice related to animal care
Manage the work of volunteersReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the ability to manage volunteer work by planning tasks aligned with organisational goals, preparing resources, leading and assessing volunteers, providing feedback, promoting health and safety and environmental good practice, and maintaining accurate records.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the work of volunteers
  • Prepare resources for volunteers
  • Lead the work of volunteers
  • Assess the work of volunteers
  • Provide feedback to volunteers
  • Promote health and safety good practice when managing volunteers
  • Promote environmental good practice when managing volunteers
  • Maintain accurate records of volunteer work
  • Understand how to plan the work of volunteers
  • Understand how to prepare resources for volunteers
  • Understand how to lead the work of volunteers
  • Understand how to assess the work of volunteers
  • Understand how to provide feedback to volunteers
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation
  • Understand relevant environmental good practice
  • Understand the importance of accurate record keeping when managing volunteers
Monitor and evaluate the accommodation of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the monitoring and evaluation of animal accommodation, including observing physical conditions and behaviour, recording observations, and assessing accommodation against established standards. You'll gain knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice to ensure animal welfare.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the ability to monitor the accommodation of animals to ensure their welfare
  • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate the suitability of animal accommodation based on established standards
  • Understand how to monitor and evaluate the accommodation of animals, identifying areas for improvement
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice related to animal accommodation
Monitor and evaluate the establishment and management of wild animal populationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to monitor and evaluate wild animal populations by assessing population size, distribution, and health status using appropriate survey techniques. The unit also covers evaluating conservation strategies to support effective management of wild animal populations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Monitor and evaluate the establishment of wild animal populations, assessing population size, distribution, and health.
  • Monitor and evaluate the management of wild animal populations, assessing the effectiveness of conservation strategies and interventions.
  • Understand how to monitor and evaluate the establishment of wild animal populations, using appropriate survey techniques and data analysis methods.
  • Understand how to monitor and evaluate the management of wild animal populations, considering ecological principles and conservation objectives.
Monitor and evaluate the feeding of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to monitor and evaluate animal feeding by recording feeding behaviour, assessing nutritional value, and identifying deviations from expected patterns. The unit also covers factors influencing feeding behaviour and methods to monitor feed intake effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Monitor and evaluate the feeding of animals
  • Understand how to monitor and evaluate the feeding of animals
Monitor and evaluate the implementation of animal management policiesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to monitor and evaluate the implementation of animal management policies through observation and data analysis. The unit includes assessing policy effectiveness, identifying trends, and recommending adjustments to improve policy outcomes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Monitor and evaluate the implementation of animal management policies to ensure their effectiveness
  • Explain how to monitor and evaluate the implementation of animal management policies, identifying areas for improvement
Operate work boatsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the skills to operate work boats safely and efficiently, including manoeuvring, control operation, and routine maintenance. The unit also covers hazard identification, safe working practices, environmental good practice, and relevant health and safety legislation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Operate work boats.
  • Work safely and minimise environmental damage.
  • Operate work boats.
  • Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
Organise the receipt and storage of goods in a retail environmentReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge to organise the receipt and storage of goods in a retail environment. The unit covers staff organisation, delivery checking, storage maintenance, and handling discrepancies to ensure stock accuracy and care.

What you'll be able to do

  • Organise staff to receive and check incoming deliveries in a retail environment
  • Organise and maintain storage facilities in a retail environment
  • Check the storage and care of stock in a retail environment
  • Organise staff to receive and check incoming deliveries in a retail environment
  • Organise and maintain storage facilities in a retail environment
  • Check the storage and care of stock in a retail environment
Plan and prepare to release native animals into natural habitatsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers planning and preparing for the release of native animals into natural habitats, including assessing release sites and developing welfare-centred release plans. You'll safely use and maintain relevant equipment while promoting health, safety, and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan to release animals into natural habitats, considering environmental factors and animal welfare
  • Maintain and use relevant equipment for animal release safely and effectively
  • Release animals into natural habitats in a manner that minimises stress and maximises their chances of survival
  • Maintain records of animal releases, including location, date, and animal identification
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice during animal release activities
  • Understand how to release animals, considering their behaviour and the suitability of the release site
  • Know the type of equipment used for release, including its purpose and maintenance requirements
  • Understand how to maintain the health and welfare of animals prior to release, including quarantine and acclimatisation procedures
  • Understand how to monitor and record the success of animal releases, including tracking and observation techniques
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice related to animal release
Plan diets and feeding regimes for animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to plan diets and feeding regimes that meet animals' specific nutritional needs, considering species, age, and health status. The unit includes justifying ingredient choices and understanding factors affecting dietary requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan animal diets and feeding regimes to meet their specific nutritional needs
  • Understand how to plan animal diets and feeding regimes, considering factors such as species, age, activity level, and health status
Plan temporary accommodation for animals in entertainment and education environmentReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers planning temporary accommodation for animals in entertainment and education settings. You'll consider species-specific needs, space, and environmental conditions while promoting health and safety and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan temporary accommodation for animals
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
  • Understand how to plan temporary accommodation
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Plan the accommodation of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with skills to plan animal accommodation by considering species-specific needs, size, social requirements, and relevant legislation. You'll justify accommodation choices and incorporate environmental good practice into layout, materials, and equipment selection.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan suitable accommodation for animals, considering their specific needs.
  • Understand the factors to consider when planning animal accommodation, such as species, size, and social needs.
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation related to animal accommodation.
  • Understand environmental good practice in relation to animal accommodation.
Plan the care of animals in entertainment and educationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll plan and implement care for animals in entertainment and education settings, developing and evaluating care plans in line with organisational procedures. The unit emphasises health, safety, and environmental good practice within the working environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the care of animals in the working environment in line with organisational procedures
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice within the animal care environment
  • Understand how to plan care of animals in the working environment, taking into account their specific needs
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice applicable to the animal care environment
Plan the establishment and management of wild animal populationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers planning the establishment and management of wild animal populations by analysing ecological factors and developing management plans. You'll evaluate environmental impacts and understand relevant legislation and good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the establishment and management of wild animal populations
  • Understand how to plan the establishment and management of wild animal populations
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Plan the handling and restraint of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll plan and execute the safe handling and restraint of animals, considering species, size, temperament, and procedural purpose. The unit includes selecting appropriate equipment and promoting health, safety, and environmental good practice during handling.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan for handling and restraining animals in accordance with relevant guidelines and procedures
  • Handle and restrain animals safely and effectively
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice during animal handling and restraint activities
  • Understand how to plan the handling and restraint of animals, considering animal welfare and handler safety
  • Understand how to handle and restrain animals using appropriate techniques and equipment
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation pertaining to animal handling and restraint
Plan the transportation and transfer of animals for entertainment and educationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to plan the transportation and transfer of animals for entertainment and education, considering specific animal needs and welfare. You'll promote health, safety, and environmental good practice while justifying chosen methods.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the transportation and transfer of animals, considering their specific needs and welfare
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice during the transportation and transfer of animals
  • Understand how to plan the transportation and transfer of animals, taking into account relevant regulations and guidelines
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice applicable to the transportation and transfer of animals
Plan, co-ordinate and evaluate general purpose service or working dog team or teams under operational conditionsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to plan, coordinate, and evaluate service or working dog teams under operational conditions. This includes understanding effective team leadership principles, preparing dogs and teams, and managing performance within operational contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of planning and providing effective team leadership in a service or working dog context
  • Plan and provide effective team leadership for a service or working dog team or teams
  • Understand the procedures for preparing working dog(s) and team(s) for operational duties
  • Prepare working dog(s) and team(s) for operational duties, ensuring their readiness and welfare
  • Understand how to manage working dog team(s) effectively under operational conditions
  • Manage working dog team(s) effectively under operational conditions, ensuring their safety and the successful completion of tasks
  • Understand relevant health and safety requirements for working with service or working dogs
  • Promote health and safety requirements within the service or working dog team environment
Plan, monitor and evaluate the transportation of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners to plan, monitor, and evaluate animal transportation by developing detailed plans, identifying hazards, and selecting appropriate methods and equipment. You'll understand how to ensure animal welfare and safety throughout the transportation process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the transportation of animals, considering their needs and the journey requirements
  • Monitor the transportation of animals, ensuring their welfare and safety
  • Evaluate the transportation of animals, identifying areas for improvement
  • Understand how to plan the transportation of animals, taking into account relevant regulations and best practices
  • Understand how to monitor the transportation of animals, using appropriate methods and equipment
  • Understand how to evaluate the transportation of animals, assessing its effectiveness and impact
Plan, supervise and control the movement of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners to plan, supervise, and control the movement of animals safely and efficiently. You'll understand relevant health and safety legislation, resource requirements, and environmental good practice to promote animal welfare during movement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the movement of animals.
  • Supervise the movement of animals.
  • Promote health and safety.
  • Understand how to plan, supervise and control the movement of animals.
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
Prepare and construct new structures or surfacesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers preparing work areas, selecting materials and tools, and constructing new structures or surfaces according to plans and specifications. You'll also maintain and use equipment safely while promoting health and safety and environmental good practice throughout construction.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for the construction of new structures and surfaces, ensuring all necessary resources are available
  • Construct new structures and/or surfaces according to specified plans and regulations
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice during construction activities
  • Maintain and use relevant equipment safely and effectively
  • Understand the processes involved in constructing new structures and surfaces
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice guidelines related to construction
  • Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment to ensure its safe and efficient operation
Prepare and maintain the operational condition of work boatsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to prepare and maintain workboats by performing pre-start checks, inspecting safety equipment, and conducting routine maintenance. You'll also understand health and safety legislation and environmental good practice to ensure safe and effective operation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare workboats for operation according to manufacturer guidelines and safety regulations
  • Maintain the operational condition of workboats through regular checks and servicing
  • Work safely when preparing and maintaining workboats, adhering to safety protocols
  • Minimise environmental damage when preparing and maintaining workboats, using appropriate disposal methods
  • Prepare workboats for operation, including pre-start checks and equipment readiness
  • Maintain the operational condition of workboats, including routine maintenance and repairs
  • Know relevant health and safety legislation related to workboat operation and maintenance
  • Know relevant environmental good practice related to workboat operation and maintenance
Prepare artiste to work with the animalReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to prepare artistes to work safely and effectively with animals, understanding animal needs, behaviour, and risks. The unit emphasises promoting health and safety and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare an artiste to work with an animal, ensuring their understanding of the animal's needs and behaviour.
  • Promote health and safety practices within the work environment, adhering to relevant guidelines and procedures.
  • Promote environmental good practice, minimising the impact of activities on the surrounding environment.
  • Understand the importance of preparing an artiste to work with an animal, considering animal welfare and potential risks.
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation pertaining to working with animals, including risk assessment and control measures.
  • Understand environmental good practice and relevant legislation, including waste management and pollution control.
Prepare for the transportation of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills to prepare animals and transportation arrangements in compliance with regulations and guidelines. You'll assess animal fitness, ensure vehicle safety, prepare documentation, and minimise environmental damage during transportation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to transport animals in accordance with relevant regulations and guidelines
  • Prepare animals for transportation, ensuring their welfare and safety
  • Work safely during the transportation process, minimising risks to yourself, others, and the animals
  • Minimise environmental damage during the transportation of animals, adhering to environmental good practice
  • Identify the responsibilities of different individuals and organisations involved in the transportation of animals
  • Describe how to prepare for the transportation of animals, including planning and logistics
  • Explain how to prepare animals for transport, considering their specific needs and welfare
Prepare interpretive entertainment and educational activitiesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain the skills to prepare interpretive, entertainment, and educational activities by selecting suitable resources, planning content, and organising the physical environment. The unit emphasises adherence to health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare interpretive, entertainment and educational activities in a land-based context.
  • Promote health and safety practices in the workplace.
  • Promote environmental good practice in the workplace.
  • Understand how to prepare interpretive entertainment and educational activities effectively.
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation pertaining to land-based activities.
  • Understand environmental good practice and its importance in the land-based sector.
Prepare the animal for entertainment and educationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to prepare animals for education and entertainment activities. You'll assess suitability, apply preparation techniques, and promote health and safety and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare animals for working in education and entertainment environments
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
  • Understand why it is important to prepare animals for the entertainment and education environment
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Promote and maintain the health and well-being of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain skills to promote and maintain animal health and welfare through daily routines, recognising ill health, and reporting concerns. The unit includes safe working practices and accurate record maintenance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Promote and maintain the health and welfare of animals
  • Work safely
  • Maintain accurate records
  • Promote and maintain the health and welfare of animals
  • Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
  • Maintain accurate records
Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security of the workplaceReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop knowledge and skills to promote, monitor, and maintain workplace health, safety, and security. This includes identifying hazards, promoting good standards, responding to emergencies, and understanding the importance of accurate record keeping.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to monitor and maintain the health, safety and security of the work area
  • Understand how to promote good standards of health and safety within the workplace
  • Understand how to deal with health emergency situations effectively
  • Understand the records required for health and safety and their importance
  • Monitor and maintain the health, safety and security of the work area effectively
  • Promote good standards of health and safety within the workplace
  • Respond to health emergencies within the work area in a timely and appropriate manner
Protect the environment through legal enforcementReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to protect the environment through legal enforcement, including identifying enforcement needs, gathering and presenting evidence, and monitoring enforcement procedures while promoting health and safety and environmental good practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify and confirm the need for enforcement in specific environmental situations
  • Provide clear and accurate evidence of non-compliance with environmental regulations
  • Initiate enforcement procedures to protect the environment, following established protocols
  • Monitor enforcement procedures to ensure their effectiveness in protecting the environment
  • Promote health and safety practices within the context of environmental enforcement
  • Promote environmental good practice in all enforcement activities
  • Describe how to identify and confirm the need for enforcement in specific environmental situations
  • Explain how to initiate enforcement procedures to protect the environment, following established protocols
  • Describe relevant legislation pertaining to environmental protection, including health and safety regulations
  • Explain relevant codes of practice related to environmental enforcement
  • Explain environmental good practice and its application to enforcement activities
Provide advice and guidance on the choice and care of animals to prospective keepersReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll provide advice and guidance to prospective animal keepers on selecting and caring for animals, assessing the keeper's lifestyle and experience. The unit emphasises effective communication, practical care skills, and matching animals to suitable keepers.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the ability to advise prospective keepers on the appropriate choice and care of animals
  • Understand how to advise prospective keepers on the choice and care of animals, considering their individual circumstances and the animal's needs
Provide budgetary information for the animal’s role for audio-visual requirementsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to prepare detailed budgetary information for an animal's role in audio-visual productions. You'll understand cost categories, justify expenses, and present budget information clearly, considering factors and risks associated with using animals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide budgetary information for the animal’s role for audio-visual requirements.
  • Understand how to prepare budgetary information for the animal’s role in the audio-visual requirement.
Provide information on how to maintain the behaviour, health and welfare of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to provide information on maintaining animal behaviour, health, and welfare, including addressing behavioural issues and promoting positive human-animal interactions. You'll understand the importance of preventative healthcare and behavioural knowledge.

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide information on how to maintain the behaviour of animals, addressing common behavioural issues and promoting positive interactions.
  • Provide information on how to maintain the health of animals, covering preventative healthcare, nutrition, and disease management.
  • Provide information on how to maintain the welfare of animals, ensuring their physical and psychological needs are met.
  • Know what information to provide on how to maintain the behaviour of animals, tailoring advice to specific species and individual circumstances.
  • Know what information to provide on how to maintain the health of animals, including recognising signs of illness and seeking veterinary care.
  • Know what information to provide on how to maintain the welfare of animals, promoting responsible ownership and ethical treatment.
Provide information to customers seeking advice about symptoms and over-the-counter medications for the care of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain skills to provide accurate information to customers regarding animal symptoms and over-the-counter medications. The unit covers effective communication, recognising common symptoms, recommending appropriate treatments, and knowing when to refer to veterinary professionals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide information to customers seeking advice about symptoms and over-the-counter medications.
  • Understand how to provide information to customers seeking advice about symptoms and over-the-counter medications.
Recognise and interpret the behaviour of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to recognise and interpret animal behaviour by identifying various behaviours, classifying them, and understanding their meanings in different contexts. You'll apply appropriate methods to analyse behaviour and consider influencing factors effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise the different behaviours displayed by animals.
  • Interpret the behaviours of animals in different contexts.
  • Understand the factors that influence animal behaviour.
  • Understand methods used to recognise and interpret animal behaviour.
Recommend animals to meet entertainment and educational requirements in the audio-visual industriesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain the ability to recommend suitable animals for audio-visual productions by considering entertainment and educational requirements, animal temperament, training, and welfare. The unit emphasises promoting health and safety and environmental good practice in animal selection.

What you'll be able to do

  • Recommend animals to meet the specific requirements of audio-visual productions
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice within the audio-visual production environment
  • Understand the factors to consider when recommending suitable animals for audio-visual productions, including their temperament, training, and welfare
Select and prepare animals for breedingReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to select and prepare animals for breeding by applying selection criteria and organisational procedures. You'll ensure animal welfare, maintain relevant equipment, and promote health and safety throughout the breeding preparation process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Select animals for breeding based on defined criteria and organisational procedures
  • Prepare animals for breeding, ensuring their health and welfare
  • Use and maintain relevant equipment for animal breeding, following manufacturer's guidelines
  • Promote animal welfare and health and safety during the breeding process
  • Understand how to prepare animals for breeding, considering their specific needs
  • Understand the breeding of animals, including reproductive cycles and genetics
  • Understand relevant animal welfare and health and safety legislation related to animal breeding
  • Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment used in animal breeding, including preventative maintenance
Select animals for trainingReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to select animals suitable for training by assessing temperament, physical condition, and response to stimuli. You'll understand the importance of matching animal characteristics to training objectives and different training methods.

What you'll be able to do

  • Select animals for training purposes
  • Understand how to select animals for training, considering their suitability and the training objectives
Sell over the counter medicines and treatments for the care of animalsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the skills to sell over-the-counter medicines and treatments for animals responsibly and legally. This includes understanding relevant legislation, assessing customer needs, providing appropriate advice, and handling medicines safely to support animal health.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the ability to sell over-the-counter medicines and treatments for animals responsibly and legally
  • Understand how to sell over-the-counter medicines and treatments for animals, adhering to relevant regulations and providing appropriate advice
Undertake covert searches with dogsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand and apply legal, health, and safety requirements to plan and conduct covert searches using dogs. The unit covers risk assessment, search planning, and maintaining safety for both handlers and animals during covert operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the requirements for planning covert searches using a dog or dogs, including risk assessments and legal considerations
  • Plan covert searches using a dog or dogs, taking into account the environment and target
  • Understand the health and safety requirements of covert searches, including dog welfare and handler safety
  • Maintain health and safety during a covert search, responding to potential hazards
  • Carry out a covert search using a dog(s), following established procedures
  • Understand the importance of evaluating the covert search, including identifying successes and areas for improvement
  • Evaluate the covert search, documenting findings and providing feedback
Welcome, receive and care for visitors to sitesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners with the skills to welcome, receive, and care for visitors to sites, ensuring a professional approach, adherence to visitor registration procedures, and provision of clear information. You'll also understand relevant health and safety requirements to ensure visitor comfort and safety.

What you'll be able to do

  • Welcome and receive visitors to sites
  • Care for visitors to sites
  • Welcome and receive visitors to sites
  • Care for visitors to sites
  • Know the relevant health and safety procedures for visitors to sites
Work the animal to achieve entertainment and education requirementsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers working with animals to meet entertainment and education requirements, emphasising animal welfare and health and safety. You'll learn to manage risks and understand relevant legislation to ensure ethical and safe practices during animal-related activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work with animals to achieve entertainment requirements, ensuring their welfare.
  • Work with animals to achieve education requirements, providing accurate and engaging information.
  • Promote health and safety and environmental good practice when working with animals.
  • Understand why it is important for an animal in entertainment and education to achieve its requirements, considering its physical and psychological wellbeing.
  • Understand relevant health and safety legislation related to working with animals in entertainment and education.
  • Understand environmental good practice when working with animals in entertainment and education.
Work with others to improve customer serviceReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop the ability to improve customer service through effective collabouration with others. The unit includes monitoring personal and team performance and implementing strategies to enhance service delivery.

What you'll be able to do

  • Improve customer service by working with others, contributing to a positive customer experience.
  • Monitor their own performance when improving customer service, identifying areas for development.
  • Monitor team performance when improving customer service, providing feedback and support.
  • Understand how to work with others to improve customer service, including communication, collaboration, and problem-solving.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.

Assess and plan dog grooming workAssess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animalsCare for animals after they have workedCarrying out styling and finishing of dogsCo-ordinate the care of animals that have strayed been abused, harmed or abandonedConduct priority and volume investigationsContribute to managing aggressive and abusive behaviour of peopleContribute to the prevention of aggressive and abusive behaviour of people

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

Who’d teach you this

The Evidence Evaluator

Assessor

Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Work-based Animal Care
  • Assess and plan dog grooming work
  • Construct structures
  • Develop and manage the animal health and welfare plans
  • Display livestock to potential buyers in livestock markets
  • Facilitate mating of animals in a Home Office designated establishment
  • Handle and care for working animals
  • Implement and maintain an animal breeding programme
  • Introduce new animals to a holding
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

Where this can lead

Senior Environmental Health Officer

The journey from Senior EHO can take many exciting turns. Whether you become a deep technical specialist, a leader of people, or a strategic director, the skills and experience you gain in this role will set you up for a truly impactful career. We're here to help you map that out.

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Skills it covers

What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

Assess and plan dog grooming workConstruct structuresDevelop and manage the animal health and welfare plansDisplay livestock to potential buyers in livestock marketsFacilitate mating of animals in a Home Office designated establishmentHandle and care for working animalsImplement and maintain an animal breeding programmeIntroduce new animals to a holdingLoad and unload animals for transportationMaintain records of volunteersMaintain the Health and Well-Being of Animals During TransportationMonitor access to a wildlife management area LegacyObserve and monitor animal behaviour in a Home Office designated establishmentPlan and control the movement of animalsPlan and implement training programmes for dogs and handlersPlan and manage animal conservationPlan and monitor the establishment and management of animal populationsPlan and release animals into their natural habitat+13 more

How you’ll actually learn this

One-to-one, on your own real work

A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.

One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Assess and plan dog grooming workLevel 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Learners will be able to assess a dog's coat, skin, and condition to plan appropriate grooming work tailored to breed and owner requirements. The unit also covers maintaining and using grooming equipment safely, promoting health and safety, and recognising potential health or behavioural issues.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.
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Built for City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Work-based Animal Care

72 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City & Guilds Limited.

  1. Assess and plan dog grooming work
  2. Assess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animals
  3. Care for animals after they have worked
  4. Carrying out styling and finishing of dogs
  5. Co-ordinate the care of animals that have strayed been abused, harmed or abandoned
  6. Conduct priority and volume investigations

and 66 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

Why it sticks

Most courses stop at remembering

There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.

  1. 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
  2. 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
  3. 4AnalyseThe Analyst
  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you

Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with you, on your real work, is for.

The value

Why the companion is worth £70 a month

You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.

That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.

Earned on your own work, taught to the top.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.

Build my plan, free

No card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.