We are now fully booked for 2025. Please see below procedure for future reference. Please DO NOT complete the form on this page
WORK EXPERIENCE
Work Experience Applicants for a 1 – 7 week placement:
Work Experience Application Procedure – 1-7 week placements
Please note, if you are under 18 and this is part of your schools work experience scheme, your teacher or work experience co-ordinator will be required to contact us directly before we can look at your application. Please pass on my email address to them just so they can confirm the placement is part of their requirements.
- Please email Hannah directly at hannah@amazinganimals.co.uk for an application form. Please complete this and email it back to us along with your full CV
- If this is all in order and we think you might be suitable you will be invited to attend a whatsapp video call interview. You will need to have a supervising adult with you during this interview if under 18.
- If this interview is successful you will be then invited to attend a placement with us
We have a strict work experience scheme for two reasons. Firstly, our work is specialised and we are in high demand for work experience placements. Secondly, we pool future paid employees from the 7 week work experience placements and even provide accredited qualifications for our industry.
Please be advised that work at Heythrop Zoological Gardens is both mentally and physically demanding. We look for candidates that already have had some degree of experience working with animals and look favourably upon those who have worked in stable-yards and/or farmyards, working with large hoof-stock. Hours are largely unsociable and varied. A normal working week is Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 4.30pm for 16 year olds and under, and 8.00am – 5.00pm for 17 years old and above.
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We have a regular working relationship with the following educational institutions and have accepted work experience students from all of them:
- Sparsholt College
- Berkshire College
- University of Chester
- Hartpury College
- Moreton Morrell (Warwickshire College)
These are the awarding bodies that provide qualifications relevant to our industry:
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