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Avian Certification
Avian Certification
The Pet Advocacy Network, working with leading veterinarians and animal-care experts, offers an education and certification program for individuals seeking to become Certified Companion Animal Caretakers. The program is designed to ensure that pet industry personnel who handle companion animals demonstrate the knowledge and practical competency necessary to provide appropriate care.
The program covers animal husbandry practices relevant to retail pet stores and other colony-housed animal facilities, including routine maintenance and care, breed and species identification, behavioral traits, nutrition, disease recognition, and the circumstances in which veterinary care should be sought.
Successful completion of the Avian Modules and examination demonstrates that the participant has met the program’s competency standards for the care and handling of companion birds.
Instructions for the Avian Study Module:
- Upon purchase, you will receive links to the workbook and examination through your confirmation email. If you did not receive the links or confirmation email, please contact Pet Advocacy Network via phone at 202-452-1525 or e-mail at info@petadvocacy.org.
What Is Certification and How Can It Benefit You?
- Certification is beneficial to you because it demonstrates your desire to be better informed of the needs of the animals under your care.
- Certification clearly demonstrates to your employers as well as the public that you have worked to gain specialized knowledge that will be beneficial to the animals in your care, to your job performance and to your ability to educate your customers on how to better care for the pets.
- Certification prepares you to appropriately respond to pet owner inquiries.
Estimated time to complete certification
It is divided into chapters, each of which is loaded with information and can be read in one sitting. On average, each chapter requires a few hours to complete. Some chapters contain more content than others, resulting in a total estimated time to complete the certification to be 33 hours.
Non-Member Price:
$125
Member Price:
$95