herpetology courses..

does anyone know wer i can do a herpetology course
preferably a home course.

i heard of proteus or something but cant find any websites, they do exist but i cant get on them!

cheers guys,

chris.

Yeah proteus do a home course for £150 i think... but thats only standard level.. you have to go up for weekend to do the higher course which is equivelant to a level 3 GNVQ... should be doing both next year.

http://www.proteus.uk.net/courses.php

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a level 3 NVQ in a weekend? That aint bad it took me nearly two year to get mine in Plumbing!

i cant afford it at the moment though.
i might try to go through uni to do one.

even if u did it, most herpetologists have degrees in it anyway. its very hard to get a decent job in herpetology without the degree.

Copmpass Education And Training do a home course on Herpetology http://www.compass-education.co.uk/

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Has anyone heard from proteus recently? I completed the essays for the correspondance herpetology course with Proteus in February and received an update in early June that I would get my results within 10 days. As its now September and my (numerous) e-mails and telephone messages are going unanswered, I am beginning to wonder what I paid my money for. Thanks.

Hey folks, sorry to bring up an aging topic but has anyone had any experince with either of the suggested courses?

The reason I ask is that I finished my course at the beginning of the summer in Animal Care and would be intrested to carry on into more Herp based courses and work. After working for 3 weeks in the local Rep shop as part of my course I decieded that was what I really wanted to carry on and do.

However I'm a bit cautious about these study at home company kinda things and want to know what other people think.

Clearly Caltowie has dealt with Proteus and his comments are less than encouraging.

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how old do you have to be to take these course's do you need any other qualifications?

sorry im abit busy and cant take a long read atm

As an update, received a letter from Proteus today - I passed the two assignments and received a merit for the course. Apart from the delay in marking assignments, foundation course is ok for people new to the subject with limited experience as a general introduction.

Would now like a more advanced course - any ideas?

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