Animal Care Apprentice
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Company: Honeybottom Kennels
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Location: STEVENTON, OX13 6AP
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Agriculture, environmental and animal care
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Ref: NAS-2000013330
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Application Deadline Date: 30/04/2026
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Start Date: 01/05/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: 40 hours over 5 days. Days and times to be confirmed. This will be expected to include some weekend work.
Brief Description
Honeybottom Kennels are a boarding kennel and day care centre near Abingdon. They are looking to recruit an animal care apprentice to be part of their team. A wonderful opportunity for someone looking to start their career in Animal Care!
Training to be Provided
You will be working towards the Level 2 Animal care and Welfare assistant apprenticeship.
All training will be provided at the employers premises with the employer and Haddon Training.
You may need to work towards achieving your level 1 or 2 maths and/ or English Functional Skills qualifications if required, but Haddon training will support you through this!
Future Prospects
Possibility of progression to the level 3 Animal Care apprenticeship, and/or an offer of a permanent position upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Vacancy Detail
Honeybottom Kennels are a boarding kennel and dog daycare centre offering top standards of care for dogs of all shapes and sizes.
They offer short and long-term boarding for dogs. In your role and as a part of the team, you will ensure the smooth running of the kennels on a day-to-day basis.
Duties to include (but not be limited to):
- Care of boarding dogs
- Exercising boarding dogs
cleaning - To maintain the highest standards of animal care
There are no specific skills that are needed other than a love of animals, particularly dogs, and you should be confident with good communication skills, happy to work outside in all weathers and genuinely love dogs.
Other Information
This location is not accessible by public transport, so please ensure before applying that you can get yourself to and from the location every work day.