Herp courses

[miffikins]

Any hands on experience is a good thing really even if its not many hours a week. And if you are doin it volutary it will look decent on your CV also, which is always nice

You could also try an local exotic vets....

[kaimarion]

Already got an award for 100+ hours of voluntary work with the NA YoungScot group .
The closest Exotic Vet near me is 1.30 hours away lol.

[miffikins]

Get you in that case get a paid weekend job in a pet shop and put the proceeds to one of the previously mentioned courses. Winner

[BecciBoo]

When you reach 16 you can do a Full time couse....a first diploma/national diploma in Animal Care/Management that covers an Exotic and an Aquatics module. or an NPTC (city&guilds) in Animal Care. or an NVQ in Animal Care.

[brittone05]

My mate is doing the Compass course - she enrolled last week

I have done courses from home before and Compass confirmed they workp retty much the same as ICS - send you a module, you complete it, do the assessment, send it in for the tutor to assess and grade then they return it with your mark and your next module.

Best of luck if you start one - looks like good fun and worth the £££'s to do them too

[kaimarion]

I'am defo thinkin of the compass course but how useful is it ???

[brittone05]

Well I know an NVQ level 2 with a overall mark of 70-100% is the equivalent of a A grade GCSE (are they GCSE's in Scotland sorry?)

If you go onto distance learning courses, home study courses, elearning, vocational courses and have a look there they have charts with the grade tranfers on them - thinking on Compass actually have the details of what is what in thier prospectus - if my mate calls in tomorrow I will post the details up for you

[Xiorell]

[quote=Zak;1283086]Ive emailed Proteus god knows how many times each time asking about the course, saying ive got the money and how would i pay etc and no replyquote]

Originally Posted by miffikins

I've also emailed proteus about a hundred times, well maybe not that many, but a lot, with no response.

Me 3.
I wonder if they know how to work a phone.

[Zak]

Xiorell - Well i saw a phone when i went down there but whether it was plugged in or not?! Asked one of the guys there and he said to email/phone in so christ knows. Might go down again in summer and enquire again.

Kaimarion - As Britton said, 70-100% would = A Grade GCSE = Standard grade in scotland.

Its relevance is debatable in my opinion, yes it will look good but they're relatively new qualifications that arent as recognised as say a City and Guilds in Animal Management or a degree.
They're not hands on, which alot of exotics jobs want and they're correspondence courses meaning its completely self motivated to do the work. You wont have a teacher/tutor telling you need to finish.

[brittone05]

A C&G course is only of the same grade though Zac - level 2 C&G is the equivalent to a A grade GCSE too