Zoology Executive Diploma
Details
Course Outline: What You Will Cover
Zoology is one field that many people wish to enter since childhood. Let ICI’s zoo keeper/zoology course make that dream come true as you complete the following units:
Course Units
1 Breeding Animals
- Genetics
- Cross and Pure Breeding
2 Animal Diseases and Diagnoses
- Types of Diseases
- Testing
- Diagnosing Diseases
3 Vertebrate Zoology
- The Animal Kingdom
- Classification and Characteristics of Animals
4 Animal Behaviour & Psychology
- Social Behaviour
- Instinct, Training and Handling
5 Animal Health Care
- Health Care Facilities
- Common Health Issues
- Detection
- First Aid
- Rehabilitation
6 Zoo Keeping
- Enclosures and Holding Facilities
- Animal Husbandry
- Working in a Zoo
Career Prospects
Employment opportunities aren’t many for aspiring zoo keepers and soon as vacancy is announced, competition can be stiff. Hence, you need studies and training that will let you gain an advantage over other applicants.
A zoo keeper’s duties typically include care and maintenance of animals such as food preparation and keeping enclosures clean and safe. Oftentimes, they are required to make detailed observations as well as assist in capturing and restraining animals. Keeping records is usually part of the job too.
Aside from becoming a zoo keeper, the course can also pave way for jobs like VET assistant and wild life officer. You can also work for animal hospitals and day care centers, impound centers and protection agencies. Specialized animal management areas and exotic animals are often handled by specialist zoo keepers.
Course Delivery
The International Career Institute (ICI) is a leader in distance education with some of the most diverse course offerings available to students. It is part of a network of affiliated colleges established in 1978 which together educate tens of thousands of students yearly worldwide.
ICI students are given skills that will change their employment prospects and increase their value to employers. The Institute listens to employers, through its strong links to industry. Our tutors are professionals who are not full-time teachers but rather practitioners who actively work in their field of specialisation. ICI currently offers over 50 exciting career and lifestyle focused courses to a broad range of adult learners regardless of location or prior experience and education.
ICI students can study an online course at their own pace, in their own time with complete flexibility to choose their learning hours. You can access the programme, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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