This document introduces a module on work experience that is a requirement for an animal management course. The module aims to provide learners with opportunities to plan, undertake, and review work placements in the environmental and land-based industries. Students must complete a minimum of 300 hours of work placement, including 60 hours of practical husbandry, 140 hours at a zoo project, and 100 hours at their own work placement. The module will be delivered entirely online and involve various assessments including researching animal industry careers, applying for a placement, maintaining a work diary, and presenting a review of their placement experience.

1. L3 Diploma in Animal
Management
Destination: Aspiration
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: Aspiration
• This project covers BTEC Module 8: Undertake
and Review Work Related Experience in the Land-based
Industries.
• This module aims to provide learners with an
opportunity to plan for, take part in and review
work placements.
• By the end of this year, you must complete a
minimum of 300 hours work placement.
• Those will be allocated as follows:
– 60 hours – practical husbandry on the AMU
– 140 hours – zoo project
– 100 hours – work placement in your own time

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. Understand the opportunities in the
environmental and land-based industries
2. Be able to prepare for a work-based experience
in the environmental and land-based industry
3. Be able to undertake a work-based experience
in the environmental and land-based industry
4. Be able to review a work-based experience in
the environmental and land-based sector.

6. Outcome 1: Understand the opportunities in
the environmental and land-based industries
• 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
– Related industries

7. Outcome 2: Be able to prepare for a work-based experience in
the environmental and land-based industry
• Apply for a work
placement
• Attend an interview
• Set yourself targets in
preparation for your
placement

8. Outcome 3: Be able to undertake a work-based
experience in the environmental and land-based
industry
• In this outcome, you
will carry out 300 work
placement hours.
• Work to achieve the
targets you have set
for yourself
• Complete a work
placement diary or
journal

9. Outcome 4: Be able to review a work-based experience
in the environmental and land-based sector
• In this outcome, you
will review the
placements that you
have undertaken and
evaluate how well
you think you did.

10. Assessment
• In this project, there are 8 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 in order to pass).

11. Assessment 1
• “The Animal Industry”
• This assessment covers P1 & M1 and will help
you to learn about the different jobs available
to you when you have finished your
education.

12. Assessment 2
• “Applying for a Job”
• This assessment covers P2, P3, P4, M2
• In this assessment, you will apply for a work
placement and complete the application
process.
• You will then take part in an interview for a
job.
• Finally, you will set targets for yourself to work
towards whilst on placement.

13. Assessment 3
• “Work Placement”
• This assessment covers P5, P6 & D1.
• This assessment will be running throughout
this academic year as this assessment requires
you to complete 300 hours work placement.

14. Assessment 4
• “My Work Placement Review”
• This assessment covers P7, P8, M3 & D2.
• 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