Apprenticeships
We offer 3 Apprenticeship pathways:
- Animal & Plant Logistics
- Horticulture & Botany
- Keepers & Aquarists
Duration: 24 months
Wage: £6.40 p/h – Rising in the second year to national minimum wage.
Hours per week: 40 – Working 10 in 14 days, includes weekends.
Our Apprentice Keeper’s will play a key role working as part of our professional animal keeping teams, to ensure the highest standards of animal husbandry and wellbeing are maintained across the zoo.
• To maintain excellent husbandry, health and welfare for species.
• To understand/adhere to risk assessments and safe operating procedures.
• To promote our mission through interactions with our visitors on site.
• To understand all aspects of record keeping/report writing including husbandry, enrichment and diets.
Everything you need to know about our apprenticeships
• Parrots & penguins
• Twilight & small mammals
• Tropical birds
• Reptiles
• Herps & invertebrates
• Giraffes
• Rhinos
• Primates
• Carnivores
• Aquarium
FAQs
- Read the Job Description fully and ensure you meet the requirements and can evidence this e.g. GCSE Maths and English qualifications
- Research how you would get to the vacancy location on a daily basis and if this can work around the start and end time given.
- Think about why you want this role and articulate this clearly and in detail on your application.
- Give examples of any experience/training you have related to the job description.
- Make sure to check your spam/junk folders on email after applying.
- Discuss which types of species you have knowledge/Interest in and any areas of preference and why.
- There are some previously attained qualifications that would make you ineligible as due to funding rules for Apprenticeships we must be able to show you are learning something new. My colleague Stacey will be able to give some examples.
