Guide Dog Instructor Personal Service Workers

The legal boundaries, codes of professional conduct, national and EU regulatory frameworks and legal procedures of working with animals and living organisms, ensuring their welfare and health.

Recommended Books

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Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare

Andrew Knight, Clive Phi…

2022

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Natural behavioural patterns of dogs, how normal and abnormal behaviour might be expressed according to dog breeds, environment, human-animal interaction and occupation.

The methods that are used to train dogs to guide people who are visually impaired.

Impairment of the ability to naturally discern and process viewed images.

Provide information to customers on how to feed and care for pets, appropriate food choices, vaccination needs, etc.

Help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities such as incontinence, assisting in the use and care of aids and personal equipment.

Direct, control or restrain some or part of an animal's, or a group of animals', movement.

Create animal records according to industry relevant information and using appropriate record keeping systems.

Work safely and communicate effectively with individuals and groups of people who are in challenging circumstances. This would include recognition of signs of aggression, distress, threatening and how to address …

Provide exercise opportunities that are suitable for respective animals and meet their particular physical requirements.

Protect health and welfare of animals and their handlers.

Provide training in basic handling, habituation, and obedience to enable the completion of day-to-day tasks while minimising the risks to the animal, the handler, and others.

Ability to interact effectively with other people.

Ensure work harmony between humans and animals, regarding to physical characteristics, capacity, temperament and potential.

Assess whether certain dogs are ready to work as a guide dog or not, whether certain dogs should be withdrawn from the training programme, need extra training or a different …

Implement training programmes for animals for basic training purposes or to meet specific objectives, following a developed training programme, and reviewing and recording progress against set objectives.

Train animals and individuals to work together, including the match between individuals and animals, the design of integrated training programmes for people and animals, implementation of integrated training programmes, evaluation …

Universally recognized animal welfare needs as applied to species, situation and occupation. These are: need for a suitable environment need for a suitable diet need to be able to exhibit …

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National and international animal welfare auditing standards

Arlene Garcia, Anna K. J…

2025

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Animal Welfare Science

Tina Rich, Emily Patters…

2025

The study of animal body parts, their structure and dynamic relationships, on a level as demanded by the specific occupation.

The study of the mechanical, physical, bioelectrical and biochemical functioning of animals, their organs and their cells.

Accept, schedule and cancel appointments.

Advise clients and customers on the purchase of animals.

Assist with the transportation of animals, including the loading and unloading of animals, the preparation of the transport vehicle, and maintaining the wellbeing of the animal throughout the transport process.

Interview people in a range of different circumstances.

Make sure animal enclosures such as habitats, terrariums, cages or kennels are in the appropriate and hygienic condition. Clean the enclosure and provide new bedding material if called for.

File and organise professional administration documents comprehensively, keep customer records, fill in forms or log books and prepare documents about company-related matter.

Manage the organisational, financial and day-to-day operation of a small-to-medium enterprise.

Provide an enriching environment for animals to allow the expression of natural behaviour, and including adjusting environmental conditions, delivering feeding and puzzle exercises, and implementing manipulation, social, and training activities.

Administer emergency treatment to prevent deterioration of the condition, suffering and pain until veterinary assistance can be sought. Basic emergency treatment needs to be done by non-veterinarians prior to first-aid …

Provide food and water to animals. This includes preparing food and water for animals and reporting any changes in the animal feeding or drinking habits.

Consult veterinarians and assist them in the examination and nursing of animals.

Assess the training needs of the animal and select appropriate methods and activities to meet training objectives.

Provide employees in animal care with information on how to treat the animal, the animals eating habits, nutrition and medical condition and needs.

Assist individuals to adjust to the implications of physical disability and to understand the new responsibilities and level of dependency.