UK Edition: Animal Care Job Skills Task Cards: Kennels and Feeding, SEND, KS4 and Post-16

Before a learner starts a work placement at an animal shelter or kennel, they need two things: the words people will use, and the steps for the jobs they will actually be given. This set gives them both, in plain language, with no worksheets that look like they were made for a much younger child.

This set covers animal care work at a shelter, boarding kennel, or grooming shop: kennels, feeding charts, walks, litter boxes, and baths, plus bite and disease safety. General soft skills are in my Soft Skills Scenario Cards.

What is in it (animal care)

• A job snapshot: 4 common roles (kennel attendant, animal care aide, bather / grooming assistant, pet shop assistant), what a shift looks like, and what supervisors look for

• 16 vocabulary cards and a matching worksheet

• 5 task sequence cards (clean a dog kennel; feed the animals; walk a dog; clean a litter box; bathe a dog) with put it in order worksheets

• 8 safety rules and a safe or unsafe sort

• 12 "what is the rule here?" procedure cards and a planner for writing answers

• An on the job checklist the learner and the supervisor or job coach both rate

• An answer key and blank cards so you can add your own placement's routines

How I use it: snapshot and vocabulary first, then I model one task card at a time and the learner practises while a partner reads the steps. Procedure cards work best three or four at a time as a starter or with role play. The checklist goes out before a placement visit and comes back after, so you have simple ratings to bring to an EHCP annual review or SEN Support review and to the Preparing for Adulthood employment outcomes.

Every placement is different, so the answer key says so: if a learner's answer matches the rule at their real placement, count it.

UK edition: A4, UK spelling and UK workplace words throughout. 13 pages (PDF) plus an editable Word file.

Licence: one download covers one teacher. Please do not post the file online.

Keywords: SEND, EHCP, Preparing for Adulthood, KS4, Post 16, work experience, work placement, supported internship, employability, job skills, special educational needs, learning disability, autism, FE college, sixth form, task cards, vocabulary, procedure cards, workplace safety