Animal Care courses

Blondie81

Despite the one year course in Killester, is there any other ones I haven't heard about in Dublin? Thanks. Also has anyone done the course or know anyone that's done it? Any information would be appreciated, thankyou.

Gaia

does it have to be in Dublin? if you're feeling adventureous, Chester college in England does brilliant degree courses in animal behaviour, animal welfare and combinations of both. when i was in sixth year, i was going to go to Killester, but i talked to a groomer who said i'd be better off working with a groomer. for the veterinary assistant one, you'd be better off doing a course you can do with good veterinary centres that will train you to be a nurse, because no veterinary centres really hire 'assistants,' just nurses. in general, the Killester courses are only for if you are really stuck, and you would learn more from hands on work with a professional in the area. just like hairdressing training...

Blondie81

Thanks Gaia, do vetinary centres actually take on people to train as nurses? Do you have any details on this? Thanks a million for your help.

Blondie81

Bump! Any info or help would be appreciated, thanks.

clairey

heya i did the animal care course in st.thomas' college in bray, its a two year course, I did the fetac awards and also the city and guilds awards.
It was really good fun and all the teachers are lovely, you do everything from behaviour,wildlife and conservation, anatomy and physiology, grooming etc...
if you want any more info let me know.

Bottle_of_Smoke

There's Animal Science in UCD

Fuzzie Bear

I remember seeing a post on www.nightcourses.com a while back on courses around Ireland. If you post up a question about animal care, the person who manages the board gets back to you really quickly.

What kind of animal care do you want to do - Veterinary, grooming, dog training ?

Blondie81

Fuzzie Bear wrote:

I remember seeing a post on www.nightcourses.com a while back on courses around Ireland. If you post up a question about animal care, the person who manages the board gets back to you really quickly.

What kind of animal care do you want to do - Veterinary, grooming, dog training ?

Thanks for that, preferrably Vetinary....that's the only PLC course that comes up when I type in Animal or Vetinary. Vetinary nursing, Animal Science etc in UCD are all out of my reach due to not having the right grades in Maths etc.

GuanYin

UCD has a Diploma in Vet Nursing you can apply for.

It may be upgraded to a degree in Vet nursing in the future.

Blondie81

psi wrote:

UCD has a Diploma in Vet Nursing you can apply for.

It may be upgraded to a degree in Vet nursing in the future.

Yeah I checked that out but unfortunately you need a C in Maths, I don't have that.

GuanYin

Blondie81 wrote:

Yeah I checked that out but unfortunately you need a C in Maths, I don't have that.

I posted on another thread about this.

You can probably apply as a mature student if you are 23 or over (which you seem to be). In this case your LC results wouldnt carry as much weight and you'd go in through an application/interview selection process.

I can ask for you if you like as I know the Vet nursing course co-ordinator.

Blondie81

Thanks but the closing date for mature applications is gone now.....

I just thought there would be more PLC courses out there but there doesn't seem to be.

clairey

have you checked out the animal care course in bray??

Blondie81

clairey wrote:

have you checked out the animal care course in bray??

It seems to be pretty much the same as the one in Killester....but it's slightly more detailed and it's 2 years.

Looks like the same qualification in the end. Thanks everyone for your help, I just really thought there would be more of these type of PLC courses in Dublin.

Blondie81

Just thought I would bump this up if anyone knows anyone that's done the course and could help me out a bit....thanks.

clairey

dont know anyone who has done the killester one sorry! you could always go to the one in cork

Cherry Blossom

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