Certificate III in Wildlife and Exhibited Animal Care

Provide enrichment for animals

Work within a zoological facility

Prepare and maintain animal habitats

Assist with capturing, restraining and moving animals

Prepare and present information to the public

Assess the welfare status of an animal

Promote positive wellbeing in self and others in animal care workplaces

Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeing

Provide nutritional requirements for animals

Communicate effectively with clients and team members

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Contribute to workplace health and safety processes

Assist at wildlife events

Participate in large whale disentanglement operations

Respond to marine wildlife stranding

Respond to marine wildlife welfare

Participate in marine wildlife pollution event

Follow containment and exclusion procedures in animal facilities

Identify behaviours and interact safely with animals

Condition animal behaviour

Support species population planning and management

Monitor animal reproduction

Rehabilitate native wildlife

Release native wildlife to the natural environment

Develop husbandry guidelines

Contribute to exhibit design and renovation planning

Care for young animals

Provide basic animal first aid

Comply with infection control policies and procedures in animal care work

Implement infection control in the handling and care of native wildlife

Provide general care of amphibians

Provide general care of birds

Provide general care of common native mammals

Provide general care of fish

Provide general care of invertebrates

Provide general care of mammals

Provide general care of non-venomous reptiles

Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest

Maintain wildlife habitat refuges

Respond to wildlife emergencies

Recognise plants

Care for crocodiles over 1.2 metres in a controlled environment