ABOUT THE COURSE
YOUR CAREER IN THE FIELD OF
WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION
There’s nothing more rewarding than saving a life, especially a wild animal in jeopardy. Start learning today and turn your knowledge and passion for animal protection into a meaningful career path in Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation.
This online course is suitable for anyone who loves to help with wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation. You will learn both theory and best practices in helping wild animals in need including: first aid, animal welfare, animal behaviour and much more. If you truly care for wild animals, let’s start by learning to make it right!
STUDY DURATION:
In this course, you can learn at your own pace, without any fixed due dates or deadlines. You study whenever you have the time and feel motivated to do so. The course typically takes around 300 hours to complete from beginning to end, and most students graduate within 12 months.
STUDY METHOD：
100% Online
START DATE:
Intake is open now.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
This certificate opens up the gateway for you to seek employment in various businesses, some career outcomes may require further training and /or qualifications.
- Zookeeper
- Wildlife Rescue Worker
- Park Ranger
- Animal Rehabilitator
CORE MODULES
1. Wildlife Management
- Introduction to Wildlife Management
- Wildlife Ecology
- Wildlife Habitats
- Population Dynamics
- Carrying Capacity
- Wildlife Censuses
- Wildlife Management Techniques
- Wildlife Management Law and Administration
- Wildlife Management Case Study Research Project
2. Animal Diseases
- Scope and nature of animal disease – learn how an examination is conducted, what information is collected and how samples are taken.
- Diagnostic Testing – understand the information used in diagnostic testing and learn about different diagnostic tests used by veterinarians
- Viruses
- Bacterial and Fungal conditions
- Parasitological conditions – Protozoa, Helminths and Arthropods
- Metabolic and Nutritional Conditions
- Poisoning
- Inherited Conditions (Genetic Disorders)
- Other Conditions and Disorders
- Problem-based Learning (PBL) Project
3. Marsupials Biology and Management
- Introduction - scope and nature, overview of taxonomy
- Anatomy and Physiology - muscles, skeleton, adaptations, thermoregulation, reproduction internal anatomy, physiology, and senses
- Behaviour - communication, social, handling
- Health & Disease
- Marsupial Carnivores - The Dasyuromorphia (Families are Dasyuridae (dasyurids)), Myrmecobiidae (numbats), and Thylacinidae (thylacinids).
- The Diprotodontia - kangaroos
- Other Diprotodontia - koalas, wombats, pygmy possums, sugar gliders, potaroos, ringtail possum
- Peramelemorphia - bandicoots & bilbies
- Other Marsupials
- Marsupial Conservation and Management - sustainable management
ABOUT US
Courses4me
Courses4me is the leader in online education with decades of experience in both public and private education.
Our founders have a combined 30 years of expertise in education and training and have joined forces to deliver high-quality, low-cost education to anyone wishing to advance their career.
IS COURSES4ME ACCREDITED?
Yes. All of our courses are endorsed by the IARC (www.iarcedu.com) and accredited by ICOES (www.icoes.org). ICOES has an independent board of management that ensures that the Foundation operates in accordance with its purpose. It has an Advisory Board consisting of independent professors who developed and implemented the Accreditation Standards, a quality charter that is used for the annual review of prospective and existing accredited course providers.
