Animal Care and Horse Industry Courses | TAFE NSW (2024)

• Assessment conditions for Certificate II in Animal Care require learners to have access to an animal care facility. For some delivery locations, this may occur on a TAFE NSW site. Please check your preferred campus location for campus-specific entry requirements.

• Animal attendant or carer

• Pet shop attendant

• Assessment conditions for Certificate III in Animal Care Services require learners to have access to an animal care facility. For some delivery locations, this may occur on a TAFE NSW site. Please check your preferred campus location for campus-specific entry requirements.

• animal carer and welfare worker

• animal shelter/kennel/cattery worker

• animal care receptionist or customer service staff

• pet exerciser or minder

• pet shop worker

• rural and remote community animal health worker.

• foaling attendant, broodmare manager, horse farm manager, veterinary nurse, horse breeder

• barefoot trimmer

• equine groom

• stud hand

• strapper

• farmhand

• trail ride assistant.

• A calm, compassionate and reliable nature

• An adequate level of fitness to manage the physical demands of working with horses and handling related equipment

• A passion and enthusiasm for horses and their welfare

• A computer or similar device with internet connection

• Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) at a Year 10 high school level

• TAFE NSW may ask you to complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) skills test.

• This skills test helps us to understand your individual study needs, to design an individualised plan that supports your study success and ensures your LLN skills match the demands of the course.

• equine groom

• stud hand

• strapper

• farmhand

• trail ride assistant.

• Please check your preferred location for campus-specific entry requirements.

• stud hand

• foal watch attendant

• broodmare attendant

• stallion attendant

• yearling attendant.

Apprenticeship

• Be employed as an apprentice in the industry

• Register with an Apprenticeship Network Provider who will support your application

Non-apprenticeship

• Non-apprenticeship pathways for trade-related qualifications allow you to have your industry skills assessed through recognition of prior learning (RPL) and undertake gap training to gain a trade qualification. To take this course as a non-apprenticeship, you must:

• Be at least 21 years of age, as evidenced by photo identification

• Have at least 2 years of work experience in this occupation or trade, as evidenced by employee records such as your resume and/or letters from your employers

• Be currently employed in the relevant industry, as evidenced by a letter from your employer

• qualified farrier.

• Depending on delivery location and its facilities you may need access to a pet grooming facility to demonstrate your competency. Alternatively, you may be able to provide video evidence of skills and ability.

• dog groomer in an established grooming business, mobile dog groomer, small dog grooming business owner

• Assessment conditions for Certificate III in Animal Care Services (Pet Grooming) require learners to have access to an animal care facility. For some delivery locations, this may occur on a TAFE NSW site. Please check your preferred campus location for campus-specific entry requirements.

• pet groomer

• animal carer

• animal shelter/kennel/cattery/pet shop worker

• mobile dog groomer

• small dog grooming business owner.

• Completion of the Certificate II in Animal Care as evidenced by your certificate or transcript, or

• Completion of a Certificate III or higher qualification in a related field, like the Certificate III in Wildlife and Exhibited Animal Care or Certificate III in Animal Care Services, as evidenced by your certificate or transcript, or

• Take part in an interview and complete a TAFE NSW Entry Pathways Toolkit, which we will use to evaluate your current skills and knowledge in an animal science discipline to determine if they are equivalent to the above qualifications

• Access to a veterinary clinic to fulfil your mandatory work placement requirements as evidenced by a letter with an official letterhead from your employer

• veterinary sales representative

• veterinary receptionist

• zoo keeping veterinary nurse

• equine veterinary nurse

• veterinary nurse in organisations such as the RSPCA or Animal Welfare League.

• That you have achieved a Certificate II in Animal Care or higher-level qualification in an animal science discipline as evidenced by a copy of your certificate or transcript

• Exhibited animal keeper

• Pre-trade keeper

• Assistant keeper

• Animal care attendant

• Wildlife animal carer

• Wildlife rescue and wildlife conservation

• Wildlife presenter

• Marine animal attendant

• Zookeeper

• Native wildlife carer

• Wildlife rehabilitator

• Animal technical officer

• Aquarist