STUDENT KEEPER
We have an exciting opportunity for sandwich placement students to work alongside our animal keeping team from September 2018. Due to the popularity of these placements increasing in the past few years, we can now only offer 12-month placements for animal department student keepers – but for a shorter 3/ 6/ 9-month placement we do have a curatorial assistance/ technical assistance student role – helping with EAZA/ IUCN programmes (ZIMS for studbooks, husbandry guidelines, analysis of population questionnaires and TAG-level work) – please contact me separately if any students show an aptitude for this level of work.
In 2012 Blackpool
Zoo launched a new Student Keeper Programme. The programme offers students an
opportunity of a year's placement working in our animal department. The
'student keeper' works alongside our experienced animal team in one of four
departments.
This programme runs
from September till August. Applications are welcome throughout the year,
however the students are chosen earlier in the year (January) to start in the
September. The Student Keeper programme
is aimed at students undertaking a sandwich year in industry placement within
their degree.
As this position is
voluntary and therefore unpaid we recognise that this takes a level of
commitment from individuals, therefore we aim to provide each Student Keeper
with a structured learning programme to help them in their future careers. We
offer each Student Keeper:
* Full health and safety training and
continuous training as and when required
* The opportunity to work alongside our
most experienced Keepers and look after a section of the department
* Keepers uniform
* A monthly tutorial, each aspects of
working with animals and within a modern day zoo
* A full reference and portfolio
* The opportunity to carry out
mini-projects/ research
And you can also see
it here - http://www.blackpoolzoo.org.uk/courses/work-experience.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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