Written for Level 1–2 land-based and animal-care courses, and useful to anyone heading into work with animals. Each unit checks your answers as you go and ends with something you can print for a portfolio.

🧬 Unit 01Create Your Own SpeciesInvent an animal that could actually survive somewhere — every choice gets checked › 🪧 Unit 02Zoo SignageBuild a proper zoo sign for an exotic species, Red List status and all › 🦤 Unit 03Extinction ProjectA full information sheet on an extinct animal, and the two questions that follow › 🦅 Unit 04Animals and their WeaponsHow animals are adapted to hunt — the whole body, not just the teeth › 🥕 Unit 06Animal Nutrition and FeedingFeeding methods, presentation, and the hay-versus-straw distinction settled › 🔍 Unit 07Normal and Abnormal BehaviourThe same behaviour can be normal in one species and a warning in another › 🐑 Unit 08Sheep Breeding and LambingHeat, mating, gestation, lambing and weaning — with the health and safety › ✂️ Unit 09Dog GroomingIdentify the coat, price the job honestly, and the parts nobody advertises › 🏋️ Unit 10Manual HandlingWork out the guideline weight, then check the load you are actually asked to lift › 🗑️ Unit 11Clinical Waste and the EnvironmentFour streams, one definition, and the rule about sharps that never bends › 📄 Unit 12Writing a CVA CV builder that checks itself as you type — length, skills, even your email address › 💬 Unit 13InterviewsSeven questions, three answers each, and what the interviewer actually hears › 🎨 Unit 14Skills, Qualities and ExperienceSort yourself honestly into three columns, then work on the green one › 📚 Unit 15Revision SkillsFive steps and a timetable that puts the breaks in for you › 🌍 Unit 16Careers in ConservationThe role, the real salary bands, the hours, and the way in › 🐕 Unit 17Dog Walker TaskPrice the business honestly, check what insurance covers, then design the round ›

Units are numbered as they were written, not as a fixed order — take them in whatever sequence suits the course.