Animal care and welfare assistant - Busy Kennels and Doggy Daycare Centre (Apprenticeship)
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £7.55 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6AP |
| Company: | GetMyFirstJob Ltd |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 269765 |
Summary
Honeybottom Kennels are a boarding kennels and dog daycare centre offering top standards of care for dogs of all shapes and sizes.
They offer short and long term boarding for dogs where in your role and as part of the team you will ensure the smooth running of the kennels on a day to day basis (for example, care of boarding dogs, cleaning, exercising boarding dogs) to maintain the highest standards of animal care whilst boarding at Honeybottom Kennels.
There are no specific skills that are needed other than a love of animals particularly dogs and you should be confident with good communication skills., happy to work outside in all weathers and genuinely love dogs.
40 hours over 5 days, to include some weekend work.
Training
You will be working towards the Level 2 Animal care and Welfare assistant apprenticeship.
All training will be provided at the employers premises with the employer and Haddon Training.
You may need to work towards achieving your level 1 or 2 maths and/ or English Functional Skills qualifications if required, but Haddon training will support you through this!
Qualifications required
GCSE Level 4/ Grade C in Maths and English or equivalent.
Contact Haddon Training to discuss if not yet achieved - Must be able to work towards Level 1 or higher in Functional Skills Maths and English
Skills required
Good communication.
Love of animals!
Prospects
Possibility of progression to the level 3 animal care, and/or offer of a permanent position on completion of the apprenticeship.
Qualification / Standard : ST0397 Animal care and welfare assistant
Duration 15 months
They offer short and long term boarding for dogs where in your role and as part of the team you will ensure the smooth running of the kennels on a day to day basis (for example, care of boarding dogs, cleaning, exercising boarding dogs) to maintain the highest standards of animal care whilst boarding at Honeybottom Kennels.
There are no specific skills that are needed other than a love of animals particularly dogs and you should be confident with good communication skills., happy to work outside in all weathers and genuinely love dogs.
40 hours over 5 days, to include some weekend work.
Training
You will be working towards the Level 2 Animal care and Welfare assistant apprenticeship.
All training will be provided at the employers premises with the employer and Haddon Training.
You may need to work towards achieving your level 1 or 2 maths and/ or English Functional Skills qualifications if required, but Haddon training will support you through this!
Qualifications required
GCSE Level 4/ Grade C in Maths and English or equivalent.
Contact Haddon Training to discuss if not yet achieved - Must be able to work towards Level 1 or higher in Functional Skills Maths and English
Skills required
Good communication.
Love of animals!
Prospects
Possibility of progression to the level 3 animal care, and/or offer of a permanent position on completion of the apprenticeship.
Qualification / Standard : ST0397 Animal care and welfare assistant
Duration 15 months