The most enjoyable part about RST was the workshops and the interaction between other young people in the course. This was a great way to make new connections and learn from others.
Course Overview
The Regional Skills Training (RST) Animal Care and Husbandry Program offers you the opportunity to gain skills in animal care under the following qualification:
AHC32816 Certificate III in Rural Operations
This course is best suited for students who are a year 11, 12 or 13 school student looking to undertake a qualification while still at school.
Students participating in this course will learn the basics of Animal Care and Husbandry practices, animal first aid, wildlife rehabilitation, administering medication, livestock health, nutrition and grooming. Students will have the opportunity to participate in an overnight field trip to Monarto Zoo and receive hands-on experience working in a captive animal facility.
Topics
Students will cover core topics of Work Health and Safety and Environmentally sustainable work practices as well as a selection of industry relevant topics such as:
- Dog care and obedience training
- Pet first aid
- Grooming of animals
- Mating and rearing new born young
- Livestock animal welfare
- Livestock administer medication
- Alpaca reproduction and birthing
- Livestock animal health control programs
- Animal nutrition
- Wildlife emergencies
- Wildlife rehabilitation
- Care of birds
- Capture, restrain and move animals
- Microscopes and dissection
Studying with RST
This 18 month – two year program is aimed at students who wish to pursue a career in the Animal Care Industry.
Workshops are delivered face to face in a school environment with field trips to working farms and animal facilities for relevant industry practical training.
Student enrolment is conducted through Term 4 for intake into the following year’s cohort. An information session is held for students and parents to provide further information on the course. Please contact RST or your VET co-ordinator for further information.
Please refer to the course fee sheet for information on fees and charges as well as concessions that may be available.
What our students say
It has made me become aware and helped me participate in the business side of farming.
I enjoyed the easy going atmosphere in the class room and the teachers made me feel welcome.
During each workshop or assignment, the relevancy, support and encouragement were amazing.
It will help me be employed into my dream job and have a bigger understanding of Agriculture.
In year 12 I worked very hard and with the credits that the cert III gave me, I got into Vet Bioscience at Adelaide Uni going into Doctor of veterinary medicine in the coming years.
It has helped me know more about myself and career options I might want to take as well as given me life skills.
With the Diploma of Agribusiness Management I was successful in my application to manage a large mixed farming enterprise.
When the RST agronomist visited our farm they saw we were having problems with our capsicums. He then helped us on how to overcome this problem and rang us weeks later to see if they were improving.
The RST staff are very enthusiastic and very keen to help growers.
