Animal Care and Welfare Apprentice

Summary

As an Animal Welfare Apprentice at Sequani, you’ll take an active, hands-on role in caring for a variety of laboratory animals. You’ll be at the heart of essential husbandry and welfare routines - feeding, watering, bedding, and cage changing - ensuring every animal receives the highest standard of care.

Wage

£23,810 a year

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Training course

Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)

Hours

Rolling shift pattern of start and finish times: 07:00 - 15:30, 08:00 - 16:30 and 09:00 - 17:30. Additional overtime every third weekend may also be required. Exact working days TBC

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 11 August 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

You will assist with animal care programmes which would include feeding, watering, socialisation, training and exercise procedures and the provision of clean bedding and nesting materials, clean caging and associated equipment
You will assist with the maintenance and cleaning of animal rooms, corridors, storerooms and laboratory equipment ensuring that they are kept in a clean and hygienic condition all to a high standard
You will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and in particular those relating to Animal Welfare, GLP and Health & Safety
You will ensure equipment is maintained to the highest standards and liaise with management and maintenance to ensure any repairs are performed in good time
You will sanitise animal caging and associated equipment using the site Cage Wash machine, pressure washers and other equipment supplied for the purpose
You will undertake and achieve the qualifications associated with the apprenticeship framework, namely the IAT Level 2 qualification

Career progression towards animal technology is also available for the right candidate after the apprenticeship is completed.

Where you'll work

Bromyard Road
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 1LH

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Your training course

Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)

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Your training plan

Animal Care and Welfare Assistant Level 2.

37.5 hour working week. Rolling shift pattern of start and finish times: 07:00 - 15:30, 08:00 - 16:30 and 09:00 - 17:30.

Additional overtime every third weekend may also be required.

1 day per week (exact day TBC) will be dedicated towards off-the-job training, which is delivered remotely by Leeds City College.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness
Can do attitude

Other requirements

• The work can be physical and due to the flexible working nature - i.e. working some weekends, we do seek people who can get into work with their own transport, as Sunday public transport can be tricky in Herefordshire. • A small amount of experience of working with animals in a voluntary or paid capacity is advantageous but not essential. • Please apply for the role as soon as possible, we are interviewing suitable candidates as and when we receive applications. Therefore, the role may close before the advertised closing date.

About this company

Sequani is a contract research organisation with over 50 years’ experience in the conduct of non-clinical regulatory safety testing - toxicology studies for our world-wide client base. As a Gold Investor in People organisation, we are confident that we can offer a varied role, together with a good range of company benefits and excellent career progression. Our customers frequently complement us on our friendly, professional and high-quality service and we inject commitment and purpose into everything we do.

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Company benefits

• Travel allowance for overtime work, once they start weekend working which is usually after probation (3-6months) • Annual companywide salary review and performance awards • Annual leave is 33 days inclusive of bank holidays

After this apprenticeship

Progression to a permanent position at the end of a successful apprenticeship is highly likely, along with the opportunity to gain further qualifications in IAT level 3.

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