Canine First Aid Award Level 3

Course information

Throughout this qualification, learners will gain the knowledge and skills required to safely and effectively manage a variety of canine emergency situations. Individuals completing this qualification will be expected to be responsible for meeting the welfare needs of the dogs in their care during emergency situations, and working professionally and ethically within their legal limitations and scope of practice when applying canine first aid measures.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the key principles of canine first aid.
• Know how to categorise canine emergency situations.
• Understand the signs and management of common canine emergency situations.
• Be able to assess canine first aid emergency situations.
• Be able to apply first aid to manage canine emergency situations.

Assessment

• Portfolio and Practical workbook

Progression

Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing

Bicton College

Bicton College

Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.

Find out more about our Bicton campus

Events

Open Event

Bicton College

Open Event at Bicton College

• 18 Jan 25
• 26 Apr 25

Bicton College

Practical Workshop – VetSkill Observed Structured Clinical Examination

• 13 Feb 25
• 8 May 25