Cattery Attendant Courses
A Cattery Attendant cares for cats, ensuring their needs are met, maintaining enclosures, and managing check-ins and check-outs.
AI Exposure
Low
Core skills such as social intelligence and complex physical tasks remain beyond the capabilities of current AI.
AI exposure data adapted from Felten, Raj & Seamans (2021). Shortage data sourced from Jobs and Skills Australia (2024).
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How do I become a Cattery Attendant
Get qualified to work as a Cattery Attendant with a course recognised across Australia. Speak to a training provider to learn more.
ACM20121
Duration
10 weeks - 12 months
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Apprenticeship, Blended, Distance, On Campus, Online, RPL, Traineeship
Get started as an animal carer with the ACM20121 Certificate II in Animal Care. This nationally recognised training course qualifies you for support roles at animal shelters, kennels, pet shops, and wildlife centres. The course covers: feeding and watering animals, cleaning pens and enclosures, assisting with animal health care, communicating with co-workers, keeping safe at work, assisting with animal enrichment and welfare, providing animal first aid, basic grooming, and much more. Enquire now for the f...
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Duration
10 weeks - 12 months
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Apprenticeship, Blended, Distance, On Campus, Online, RPL, Traineeship
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ACM30122
Duration
7 months - 21 months
Study mode
Blended, On Campus, Online, Traineeship
Get a job at a pet shop, rescue shelter, or grooming organisation with the ACM30122 Certificate III in Animal Care Services. This nationally recognised qualification allows you to choose specialist electives in animal care and welfare, pet grooming, or customer service. Career competencies include: understanding animal behaviour, interacting safely with animals, providing basic animal first aid, communicating with clients and your work team, staying safe at work, ensuring the health and wellbeing of anima...
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7 months - 21 months
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Blended, On Campus, Online, Traineeship
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ACMGEN309
The ACMGEN309 Provide Basic Animal First Aid covers the skills and knowledge necessary to offer immediate first aid to animals in emergencies. It involves recognising and responding to situations requiring basic aid. This unit is designed for those in the animal care industry, working in various facilities, who are expected to deliver initial care under broad supervision, manage their tasks, solve routine issues, and adhere to schedules.
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ACM30122
If you love animals AND people, how about the ACM30122 Certificate III in Animal Care Services (Customer Service)? This nationally recognised qualification will teach you how to care for animals at pets shops and kennels, as well as serve customers looking for animal care products and new pets. The course covers: greet customers at the front counter, providing information on animal care needs, helping customers choose companion animals, receiving and handling retail stocks, creating merchandise displays, ...
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How much does a Cattery Attendant earn?
In Australia, a full time Cattery Attendant generally earns $1,000 per week ($52,000 annual salary) before tax. This is a median figure for full-time employees and should be considered a guide only. As you gain more experience you can expect a potentially higher salary than people who are new to the industry.
What are the job opportunities for a Cattery Attendant?
There are currently 16,500 animal attendants in Australia and a small percentage of this number are hired as Cattery Attendants. The number of people in this industry is expected to increase over the next five years. Cattery Attendants can be found in all areas of Australia.
Source: The Labour Market Information Portal – 2019 Occupation Projections
How do I become a Cattery Attendant?
A Certificate II or III in Animal Studies would be a great way to get started in a career as a Cattery Attendant. These courses provide information on all aspects of animal care including nutrition, health care and grooming. A Certificate III in Companion Animal Services would also be a suitable qualification to work in this area.
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Gain practical skills to work in kennels or catteries, providing love, grooming, and safety to animals. Check your funding eligibility and apply today.
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These courses don’t just teach you how to catch and euthanise stray animals, you will learn underpinning state legislation and local government regulations, safety management approaches, and incident response.
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These nationally recognised qualifications will teach you the finer points of animal behaviour and refine your skills in behaviour correction.
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A Cattery Attendant works in a cattery facility looking after domestic cats while their owners are away. Your daily duties will involve feeding and watering cats and making sure any other needs are attended to. This might involve providing medication if needed or grooming them if their owners have requested that service. You’ll play with the cats and make sure they’re getting plenty of exercise. Cattery Attendants also need to maintain cat enclosures so you’ll need to clean the cages, prepare bedding and dispose of any waste. You might also have to check cats in when they arrive or check them out again when their owners return.
Cattery Attendants need to be good with animals and be able to handle cats of all temperaments. You’ll need to be capable of some manual labour and be able to keep up with energetic cats. You’ll need good personal skills when you’re dealing with animal owners and other staff. There’ll also be a few administrative tasks to attend to so you’ll need to operate basic office equipment and systems.
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