Animal Handling Certification

Providers work in a variety of settings that include but are not limited to pet care center eg pet boarding facility dog daycare pet sitter dog walker grooming bathing customer service and training.

Animal handling certification. You must receive 80 or better on the quiz below to receive credit for completing the training. The nyc health code requires that all pet shops or businesses that sell groom or board cats dogs or other small animals must have someone with a certificate in animal care and handling on duty when the business is open to the public. The meat institutes recommended animal handing guidelines and audit guide offer the latest science based guidelines about animal care and handling in the meat industry the companion audits help plants measure animal welfare so they manage care and handling effectively. For the disaster search canine certification includes proper command control agility skills.

At this time no federal or state certification is required to be a dog trainer although certification is available. This full day in house training course with all training equipment provided by aces. Students who complete this course and pass the final exam are certified in animal care and handling. Aces is now offering humane animal handling capture training of dogs cats snakes and common small mammals by our master trainer john peaveler.

Pet sitters international psi offers a pet sitter certification program which covers general pet care animal health and nutrition additional pet related services and important business strategies. A provider is the person in charge of the daily handling of the animals of a professional pet care business. Contact the certification council for professional dog trainers and the association of pet dog trainers for additional information about the profession and eventual certification. For the handler certification includes tests regarding search strategies and tactics mapping search and victim markings briefing and debriefing skills in addition to canine handling skills.

The gaps 5 step animal welfare rating standards is a voluntary certification program for farmers ranchers packers and feeders. Who should become a certified professional animal care provider. Certification lasts for three years and earning continuing education credits is necessary for re certification. Animal handler or exposure safety awareness training is required for persons who will work with or have significant contact with or exposure to animals.

Review the ehs animal handler safety page before taking this video training. Nyschap cattle welfare certification program new york state cattle health assurance program.