Animal Management - Level 3 National Extended Diploma
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Code: PFFC01171
- Further Education
- Full-time
- Coleraine
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Essentials
Duration: 2 Years Full-time
Start date: 1st September 2025
End date: 4th June 2027
Information Event: Yes
Course fee: FREE (Eligibility criteria may apply)
Course Content
This qualification is equivalent to three A Levels and is a full-time two-year programme.
The course will give you a wide range of knowledge and skills essential to progress within the animal sector through the study of units directly related. There is an attendance commitment requirement of approximately 16.75 hours per week, may vary dependant on the needs of the course.
There are a total of 15 units within this qualification 8 mandatory units and 7 optional units, which cover the following aspects of animal management:
- Animal breeding and genetics (Exam)
- Animal biology (Exam)
- Animal welfare and ethics (External Assessment)
- Practical animal husbandry
- Animal behaviour
- Animal health and diseases
- Work experience in the animal sector
- Investigative research project
- Business management in the animal sector
- Developing an Enterprise in the Animal Sector
- Exotic animal husbandry
- Zoological animal health and husbandry
- Wildlife ecology and conservation management
- Animal metabolism
- Advanced animal nutrition
If you are accepted onto this course without a Grade C in Maths and/or English you will be required to complete the relevant Essential Skills qualification.
Some of our Level 3 in Animal Management students share their experiences about the course.
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This course is also available in other NRC campuses.

Essential Skills
All full-time students at Northern Regional College have the opportunity to improve their English, Maths and ICT skills and gain qualifications. The qualification you take will depend on the qualification you already have. If you do not have a grade C or above in GCSE English, Maths or ICT, you MUST complete Essential Skills; this will form a compulsory part of your timetable. If you are planning to go on to further study (for example university), please check if a GCSE qualification (rather than Essential Skills Level 2 equivalent) is required. For those who have a GCSE grade D in Maths or English, we offer a GCSE fast-track course.
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