Final draft units, skill sets and qualifications for the projects below have been produced based on your feedback.
They are now available for you to review and validate.
Small Companion Animal Incident Management Project
Managing the safety of pets and their owners in the case of an incident like a fire or flood takes a coordinated effort. Following the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires, the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements made recommendations for ‘national consistency in training and competency standards’ to encourage resource and information sharing, and to enable ‘someone trained in one state or territory to work effectively in another’.
Final draft units, skill sets and qualifications for small companion animal incident management are now available for validation and comment, along with a new release of the Companion Volume: Animal Incident Management User Guide.
The drafts have been updated based on your feedback so that they reflect the specialist skills required by those involved in the rescue of companion animals.
Your help is needed to check the final draft documents are logical, factual and accurate.
To view the draft documents and provide validation, visit the project page
Trainers of Assistance Dogs Project
Demand for assistance dogs is increasing as understanding of the benefits and support they can offer rises. Those who train dogs and clients to work together require unique skills to achieve the best outcomes. It is important these skills are at a consistent standard, so that people and dogs across the country can access the same high level of guidance and care.
Final draft units, skill sets and qualifications for trainers of assistance dogs are available for validation and comment, along with the new release of the Companion Volume: Trainers of Assistance Dogs User Guide.
Your feedback has been used to inform updates to the drafts, so that they reflect the specialist skills required for trainers of assistance dogs. This has included clarification of language and adjustments to content to focus on the wellbeing of dogs.
Your feedback is essential to check the drafts are accurate to current job roles and functions, and are logical and factual.
To view the draft documents and provide validation, visit the project page
