Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Award in Work-based Animal Care (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits10
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification43
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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Ten quick questions, one per Future Fluency, asked against this qualification rather than a generic one.
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess and plan the work to be done
- Maintain and use relevant equipment
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to assess and plan the work to be done
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Assess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess the suitability of new environments to meet the five freedoms
- Understand how to assess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animals
Care for animals after they have workedReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Care for animals after they have worked
- Work safely
- Care for animals after they have worked
- Know relevant health and safety legislation
Carrying out styling and finishing of dogsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Carrying out styling and finishing for dog
- Maintain and use relevant equipment
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to carrying out styling and finishing for dog
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Co-ordinate the care of animals that have strayed been abused, harmed or abandonedReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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
- Understand how to co-ordinate the care of animals that have been abused, harmed, been picked up as stray or abandoned
Design individual training programmes for animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Design individual training programmes for animals
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to design individual training programmes for animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Design integrated training programmes for people and animals to realise their combined potentialReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Design integrated training programmes for people and animals to realise their combined potential
- Promote health and safety
- Understand how to design integrated training programmes for people and animals to realise their combined potential
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
Establish animals in a new environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish animals in a new environment
- Promote health and safety
- Maintain accurate records
- Understand how to establish animals in a new environment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Evaluate and improve training programmes which enable animals to achieve specific objectivesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate and improve training programmes which enable animals to achieve specific objectives
- Understand how to evaluate and improve training programmes which enable animals to achieve specific objectives
Evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals against agreed outcomesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals against agreed outcomes
- Promote health and safety
- Understand how to evaluate integrated training programmes for people and animals against agreed outcomes
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
Evaluate the match between individuals and animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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
Handle animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Handle animals
- Work safely
- Handle animals
- Know relevant health and safety legislation
Implement individual training programmes for animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement training programmes for animals
- Promote health and safety
- Understand how to implement training programmes for animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
Implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals to realise their agreed outcomesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals to realise their agreed outcomes
- Promote health and safety
- Understand how to implement integrated training programmes for individuals and animals to realise their agreed outcomes
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
Implement, monitor and evaluate plans for the health and welfare of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement plans to maintain animal health and welfare
- Review plans for the maintenance of animal health and welfare
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to implement plans to maintain animal health and welfare
- Understand how to review plans for the maintenance of animal health and welfare
Investigate reported abuse or harm to animals and act appropriatelyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate reported abuse or harm of animals
- Understand how to investigate reported abuse or harm of animals
Load and unload animals for transportationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare animals and transport
- Load and unload animals for transportation
- Work safely
- Prepare animals and transport
- Load and unload animals for transport
- Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
Maintain the health and welfare of animals during transportationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor and maintain animals during transportation
- Carry out post transportation activities
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Monitor and maintain animals during transportation
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Carry out post transportation activities
Manage the care of young animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Care for young animals
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to care for young animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Monitor and evaluate the accommodation of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor the accommodation of animals
- Evaluate the accommodation
- Understand how to monitor and evaluate the accommodation of animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Monitor and evaluate the establishment and management of wild animal populationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor and evaluate the establishment and management of wild animal populations
- Understand how to monitor and evaluate the establishment and management of wild animal populations
Monitor and evaluate the feeding of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of animal management policies
- Understand how to monitor and evaluate the implementation of animal management policies
Plan and prepare to release native animals into natural habitatsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to release animals
- Maintain and use relevant equipment
- Release animals
- Maintain records
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to release animals
- Know the type of equipment used for release
- Understand how to maintain the health and welfare of animal for release
- Understand how to monitor and record release
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Plan diets and feeding regimes for animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan animal diets and feeding regimes
- Understand how to plan animal diets and feeding regimes
Plan temporary accommodation for animals in entertainment and education environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan temporary accommodation
- 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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the accommodation of animals
- Understand how to plan the accommodation of animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Plan the care of animals in entertainment and educationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the care of animals in the working environment
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to plan care of animals in the working environment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Plan the establishment and management of wild animal populationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan for handling and restraining animals
- Handle and restrain animals
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to plan the handling and restraint of animals
- Understand how to handle and restrain animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
Plan the transportation and transfer of animals for entertainment and educationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the transportation and transfer of animals
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to plan the transportation and transfer of animals
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Plan, monitor and evaluate the transportation of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the transportation of animals
- Monitor and evaluate the transportation of animals
- Understand how to plan the transportation of animals
- Understand how to monitor and evaluate the transportation of animals
Plan, supervise and control the movement of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 artiste to work with the animalReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare artiste to work with the animal
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand why it is important to prepare artiste to work with the animal
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Prepare for the transportation of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to transport animals
- Prepare animals for transport
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know who has responsibilities with regard to the transport animals
- Prepare to transport animals
- Prepare animals for transport
Prepare the animal for entertainment and educationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the animal for working in education and entertainment
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand why it is important to prepare animal 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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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
- Understand how to deal with health emergency situations
- Understand the records required and their importance
- Monitor and maintain the health, safety and security of the work area
- Promote good standards of health and safety
- Respond to health emergencies within the work area
Recognise and interpret the behaviour of animalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise and interpret the behaviour of animals
- Understand how to recognise and interpret the behaviour of animals
Recommend animals to meet entertainment and educational requirements in the audio-visual industriesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Recommend animals to meet audio-visual requirements
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to recommend suitable animals to meet audio-visual requirements
Select and prepare animals for breedingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Select and prepare animals for breeding
- Use and maintain relevant equipment
- Promote, animal welfare and health and safety
- Understand how to prepare animals for breeding
- Understand the breeding of animals
- Understand relevant animal welfare and health and safety legislation
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
Select animals for trainingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Select animals for training
- Understand how to select animals for training
Work the animal to achieve entertainment and education requirementsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Work animal to achieve entertainment and education requirements
- Promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand why it is important for an animal in entertainment and education to achieve its requirements
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
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.
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.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere 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.
- Assess and plan dog grooming work
- Contribute to the fulfilment of the audio visual production requirements
- Develop and manage the animal health and welfare plans
- Dispatch animals to customers in a Home Office designated establishment
- Facilitate mating of animals in a Home Office designated establishment
- Handle and control veterinary patients in a veterinary setting
- Handle animals under supervision and instruction
- Maintain the Health and Well-Being of Animals During Transportation
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.
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.
Applied to your own work
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Award in Work-based Animal Care (QCF)
43 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Assess and plan dog grooming work
- Assess the suitability of new environments for the placement of animals
- Care for animals after they have worked
- Carrying out styling and finishing of dogs
- Co-ordinate the care of animals that have strayed been abused, harmed or abandoned
- Design individual training programmes for animals
and 37 more in the full unit list below.
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.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
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, freeNo 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.