Professional Working Dog Handling
These qualifications have been designed to provide the knowledge and skills for those considering or already working in the professional dog handling or dog care sectors.
About this subject area
The Open College Network suite of qualifications in Canine Handling have been developed in conjunction with Reaseheath College.
Qualifications in the suite, as highlighted below, cover both general care and handling of dogs and knowledge of how to set up your own canine business.
Units in the suite include:
- Canine Behaviour and Communication
- Canine Training, Behaviour and Welfare
- Understand the training and welfare requirements of professional explosives detection dogs
- Handling the Proactive Drug Search Dog
Follow the links below for more information about each qualification.
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The Open College Network West Midlands Level 3 Award in Professional Working Dog Handling – General Purpose Dogs is a single unit Award, designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to develop and maintain a proactive relationship with a working dog in general security and crowd management duties.
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The Open College Network Level 3 Certificate in Professional Working Dog Handling – General Purpose Dogs has been designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to work professionally with a dog in general security and public safety roles by looking at the relationship between the handler and the working dog, the law and ethics of working with dogs and the care and welfare of professional working dogs.
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The Open College Network Level 3 Certificate in Professional Working Dog Handling – Drug Detection Dogs has been designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to work professionally with a dog trained in searching for drugs and illegal substances by looking at dog training and welfare, dog handling, the proactive and the passive drug search dog and the law and ethics of working with professional drug detection dogs.
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The Open College Network Level 3 Certificate in Professional Working Dog Handling – Explosives Detection has been designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to work professionally with a dog trained in searching for specifically for explosives explosive substances by looking at dog training and welfare, dog handling, vehicle and area searches and the law and ethics of working with professional explosives detection dogs.
Qualification Approval
In order to deliver this qualification, centres must meet the requirements to deliver the qualification (which can be found in the Qualification Specification) and complete the Qualification Approval Application Form (QAF).