Level 2 Animal Care Project Introduction

1. L2 Diploma in Animal Care
Destination: Inspiration!
Project
Introduction

2. Introduction
• Work experience is probably the most
important part of the course you are doing
now:
– Experience different jobs in the animal industry
– Make contacts
– Build your CV
– Experience you simply can’t get at college
– Helps you to get a job at the end of your course

3. Destination: Inspiration
• This project covers BTEC Module 1: Undertake
Work Related Experience in the Land Based
Industries.
• This module aims to provide learners with an
understanding of the principles of work related
experience and how these can be applied in
practice.
• Work experience can include working in the
industry, working at the college and listening to
guest speakers.

4. Lesson Aims:
• The aim of this session is to introduce you to
this module and answer any questions you
may have.
• By the end of this session, you will be able to:
– State the learning aims for this module
– Explain the importance of work experience
– Identify different areas of the animal industry that
you could work in as part of this course

5. Module Outcomes
There are four outcomes to this module:
1. Know the range and scope of job roles within an
environmental and land-based industry
2. Be able to use relevant documents and skills
relating to work experience
3. Be able to plan and review self-development
during work experience
4. Be able to report on the work experience

6. Outcome 1: Know the range and scope of job roles
within an environmental and land-based industry
• Environmental &
Land Based Industry
– Range of sectors with
this industry
– We will focus on
Animal Care
– The range of job roles
available within
animal care

7. Outcome 2: Be able to use relevant documents and
skills relating to work experience
• We will be creating
and using various
documents relevant
to work experience:
– Job advertisement;
– CV & covering letter;
– Application form;
– Job description;
– Skills identification

8. Outcome 3: Be able to plan and review self-development
during work experience
• In this outcome, you
will be analysing your
own skills and planning
for your own
development:
– SWOT Analysis
– Skills Audit
– Self Development Plan
– Self Review

9. Outcome 4: Be able to report on the work experience
• In this outcome, you
will produce a report
on your own work
experience that you
will present back to
the class.

10. Assessment
• In this project, there are 11 pass, 3 merit and
2 distinction criteria.
• Two of the assessments will be based on your
skills and your experience.
• The grade you achieve is not based on the
work experience you have done (although you
do have to have the minimum number of
hours).

11. Assessment 1
• “The Animal Industry”
• This assessment covers P1, P2, M1, M2, D1,
D2 and will help you to learn about the
different jobs available to you when you have
finished your education.
• This assessment will test your knowledge of
job advertising, person specifications and
analysing applications.

12. Assessment 2
• “Applying for a Job”
• This assessment covers P3, P4, P5, P6, M2 &
D2
• In this assessment, you will complete an
application form, create a CV & cover letter
and prepare for an interview.
• You will then take part in an interview for a
job.

13. Assessment 3
• “Self Development Plan”
• This assessment covers P7 & P8.
• This assessment is all about developing
yourself.
• You will carry out a SWOT analysis and then
create an action plan based on the areas you
have identified for development.
• You will then review these targets against your
work experience.

14. Assessment 4
• “My Work Placement”
• This assessment covers P9, P10 & P11.
• To achieve these criteria, you will produce a
presentation on the work placement(s) that
you have completed this year.
• This presentation will then be presented to
the rest of the group.

15. Online Learning
• This module will be delivered entirely online
with no face to face teaching.
• Each week, you will watch a short lesson
which include quiz question and short
activities which will help you with your
assessment.
• Each week, I will monitor your participation in
these tasks and give feedback.

16. Assessment
Formative
• Gives you feedback on
how you are
progressing.
• Prepares you for your
assessment.
Summative
• The work you submit
for your final grade.
It is important that you complete all formative
and summative assessments throughout this
and all other modules.

17. The Land Based Industry
• What do we mean by “Land Based Industry”?
– Any jobs which involve the natural world.
• What sectors can you think of within the Land
Based Industry?

18. The Land Based Industry
• Production (livestock,
crops),
• Leisure/tourism,
• Equestrian,
• Forestry/arboriculture,
• Fishery management,
• Aquaculture,
• Farriery,
• Floristry,
• Fencing,
• Game keeping,
• Animal care/welfare,
• Conservation,
• Countryside
management,
• Land-based
engineering,
• Landscaping and
horticulture

19. This Week’s Task...
• I would like you to spend a few minutes looking into
placements that you could do whilst you are studying
Animal Care.
• On 3D Learning, you will find a link to a Padlet that I
have set up.
• Once you have done your research, add a note on the
Padlet sharing what you have found.
• I have added a note to get you started.
• If you have researched a placement and someone has
already added it to the Padlet, look up another. I
would like as many different placements as possible!
• Make sure you add your name to your note so that I
can give you feedback.

20. Contacting Me...
• If you have any problems with the online lessons
(the instructions aren’t clear, the volume is too
loud / too quiet or you are having trouble
accessing the tasks), please let me know.
• This is the first module I have delivered entirely
online so this is a learning opportunity for me
too!
• If you have any questions or problems, please let
me know so that I can improve the lessons for
everyone!
• ghodgson@nhc.ac.uk