Planning, managing, delivering and reviewing the training of animals.
Occupational Profile
As an Animal Trainer, you plan, manage, deliver and review the training of the animals you are working with using positive, reward based training methods. This may involve training the animal to undertake specific tasks, or more general training. This standard also covers your interactions with the animal, developing training plans to reinforce desirable behaviours/reduce undesirable behaviours as well as reviewing and evaluating training to ensure goals are met and plans continue to be appropriate. Working patterns will involve irregular hours and in all weather conditions. You will have a professional approach to showing compassion, respect, patience and tolerance in all situations to people and animals. Typical Job roles include: zoo & safari park trainers, service animal trainers (including search and rescue), commercial animal trainers, assistance animal trainers, audio- visual industry animal trainers, animal obedience trainers, animal behaviour trainers.
Summary of Standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/animal-trainer/
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