What’s all the hype about nutrients, energy, digestion and metabolism? Learn the fundamentals of how nutrition underpins health, behaviour, and welfare across species.

Understand and apply feeding plans, container selection, and food presentation, while monitoring intake, condition, and records to ensure accurate diets and early identification of abnormalities. Covers common pitfalls and unintended consequences.

Learn how to manage food and supplement supply from purchasing through to storage and stock records, ensuring consistent diet quality and safe feeding for all animals.

Implement food preparation equipment, hygiene practices, transport systems, and hazard controls to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable feeding operations.

Apply core nutrition principles to familiar species, covering balanced diets, common misconceptions, and nutrition’s role in long-term health.

Examine how natural diets translate into managed settings, focusing on biological intent, species-specific challenges, risk identification and informed compromise.