Earning Criteria

• This individual has achieved unit 301 Principles of Health and Safety. They are able to: Understand health and safety legislation, understand the risk assessment process, understand first aid requirements, understand the principles of safe manual handling, understand the use of fire extinguishers.
• This individual has achieved unit 302 Undertake and Review Work Related Experience in the Land-based Industries. They are able to: Determine employment opportunities in the environmental and land-based industries, prepare for a work-based experience in the environmental and land-based industry, understand the importance of effective interpersonal skills in the workplace, review a work-based experience in the environmental and land-based sector.
• This individual has achieved unit 303 Animal Health and Husbandry. They are able to: Recognise indicators of health in animals, understand common disease and disorders, their treatment and prevention, monitor and record the health and wellbeing of animals, recognise how to deliver and record basic animal treatments, carry out animal husbandry tasks.
• This individual has achieved unit 304 Animal Feeding and Nutrition. They are able to: Understand the basics of nutrition, understand the nutritional values and properties of different food types, understand the feeding requirements of animals at different life stages, plan, monitor, record and evaluate diets and feeding regimes for animals.
• This individual has achieved unit 305 Animal Behaviour and Communication. They are able to: Understand behaviour patterns in animals, observe animal behaviour, understand the factors influencing behaviour, understand social behaviour and animal communication.
• This individual has achieved unit 306 Biological Systems of Animals. They are able to: Understand the structure and function of biological systems in animals, understand control mechanisms in animals, understand the neural control mechanisms in animals, understand how animals’ senses have adapted to their environment.
• This individual has achieved unit 310 Exotic Animal Health and Husbandry. They are able to: Understand the sourcing and legislation of exotic animal species, understand the health, welfare and reproductive requirements of exotic animal species, prepare accommodation and feeding regimes for exotic animal species, handle, restrain and transport exotic animal species.
• This individual has achieved unit 313 Aquatics Welfare and Breed Development. They are able to: Understand how to develop and maintain aquatic systems, understand commonly kept fish species and aspects of their biology, analyse foods and feeding techniques for aquatic species, understand common fish diseases and causes of ill health, explore different aquatic systems and establishments and the ethics surrounding sourcing aquatic species.
• This individual has achieved unit 314 Avian Health and Husbandry. They are able to: Evaluating existing methods of husbandry for avian species, understand the health and welfare requirements of avian species, handle, restrain and transport avian species, understand avian anatomy and reproductive physiology.
• This individual has achieved unit 316 Zoological Collections. They are able to: Understand the role of the modern zoo, understand the techniques used to improve the lives of zoo animals, understand the systems for effective zoo operation, understand the requirements of zoo animal husbandry.
• This individual has achieved unit 364 Business Management in the Land-Based Sector. They are able to: Understand the breadth and importance of an industry in the land-based sector, understand business resources and structures, understand the business marketplace, understand how to use financial and physical record keeping systems.
• This individual has achieved unit 362 Undertake Estate Skills. They are able to: Construct, repair or maintain boundaries, construct, repair or maintain structures, construct, repair or maintain surfaces, carry out practical habitat management work.
• This individual has achieved unit 365 Customer Care and Retail Merchandising. They are able to: Deliver effective customer service, understand how to display items for sale, understand methods of promotion and marketing, understand the principles of ordering, pricing and controlling retail stock.
• This individual has achieved unit 367 Undertake a Specialist Project in the Land-based Sector. They are able to: Develop proposals for specialist projects, plan for specialist projects, carry out specialist projects, evaluate specialist projects.
• This individual has achieved a number of optional units. Learners must be taught at least 240 GLH from units 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 319, 324, 326, 328, 329, 333 – 336, 366.