Name: Animal Handling Protection Equipment Training
Price: 12800.0 ZAR
Availability: InStock

Description

This course equips learners with the knowledge and practical skills to safely and effectively use animal handling and protection equipment. It covers the selection, inspection, and application of equipment for various animal species, ensuring compliance with South African animal welfare and occupational health and safety regulations. The course aims to minimize risks to both handlers and animals while promoting humane handling practices.

Learning Outcomes

Identify and select appropriate animal handling and protection equipment for specific tasks and animal types.
Inspect and maintain equipment to ensure it is safe, clean, and fit for purpose.
Demonstrate correct techniques for restraining, moving, and managing animals using equipment.
Apply principles of animal behavior and welfare to minimize stress and injury during handling.
Evaluate and mitigate risks associated with the use of handling equipment in accordance with safety standards.
Implement emergency procedures in case of equipment failure or animal escape.

Target Audience

This course is designed for farm workers, livestock handlers, animal health technicians, and anyone responsible for handling animals in agricultural, veterinary, or wildlife settings. It is also suitable for supervisors and managers seeking to enhance safety protocols in their operations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction to Animal Handling and Protection Equipment

Objectives:
• Understand the principles of safe animal handling and the importance of protection equipment.
• Identify different types of protection equipment and their applications.
• Demonstrate correct fitting and use of protection equipment.
• Apply safe handling techniques for common domestic animals.
• Recognize signs of animal stress and implement measures to minimize it.

Topics:
• Overview of animal behaviour and stress indicators.
• Legal and ethical considerations in animal handling.
• Types of protection equipment: gloves, aprons, boots, headgear, and restraint devices.
• Inspection and maintenance of protection equipment.
• Safe approach and restraint techniques for cattle, sheep, and horses.
• Handling of aggressive or frightened animals.
• Emergency procedures and first aid for bites or kicks.
• Practical demonstration and supervised practice.

Practicals

3 hours of practicals To be conducted online or on-campus or in-house

Overview

Learners will engage in hands-on practice of safe animal handling techniques and proper use of protection equipment under supervision. This ensures competency in real-world scenarios and reinforces theoretical knowledge.

Practical Activities

Equipment Inspection and Fitting — Learners inspect and fit various protection equipment items correctly on themselves and mannequins. (1h)
Safe Restraint and Handling — Learners practice safe approach, restraint, and release techniques on calm animals (cattle, sheep) using appropriate equipment. (1h)
Emergency Response Drill — Simulated emergency scenarios (e.g., kick, bite) to practice first aid and safe withdrawal.

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded to delegates who achieve an overall mark of 50% or higher on the Final Total (Practicals 30% + Daily Average 20% + Final Test 50%).

How it works

Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.