Cattery Management focuses on professional cat care, welfare standards, hygiene control, feeding routines, health monitoring, licensing requirements, customer service, and business operations to ensure safe, ethical, and well-organised feline boarding facilities.
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Cattery Management course provides comprehensive training in cat housing and professional boarding facilities. Learners explore licences and legislation, alongside planning and designing your cattery for optimal efficiency. The curriculum builds strong foundations in safe, ethical, and compliant operations for modern feline care businesses supporting industry standards and animal welfare best practice.
The course emphasises feline care, hygiene control, and structured feeding schedules to maintain optimal health in boarding facilities. Students also learn health monitoring, disease prevention, feline behaviour psychology, and stress reduction techniques, ensuring high welfare standards and professional cattery management practices across modern cat housing environments and boarding industry requirements.
Administrative management of catteries covers daily routine planning, equipment required, and health and safety management within boarding environments. The course also explores breeding management and customer service skills, ensuring professionals can operate efficient, compliant, and profitable feline care businesses with strong focus on welfare, organisation, and client satisfaction standards.
Learners complete an assignment and can take a mock exam to practice and improve their understanding before the final multiple-choice exam. Tutors provide personalised feedback on the assignment. The final exam is automatically marked, and learners must achieve at least 60% to receive a CPD-certified certificate.
After completing the Cattery Management course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed Certificate
Learners also have the option to order a Quality Licence Scheme (QLS) Endorsed Certificate as additional proof of achievement. The QLS Endorsed Certificate can be delivered by post for £89, with an additional £10 postage charge for international students.
This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
Studying Cattery Management develops practical skills in animal care, hygiene control, and facility maintenance for boarding and breeding environments. It focuses on understanding feline behaviour, nutrition, and welfare standards to ensure cats are kept safe, healthy, and comfortable.
This course enhances career opportunities in animal care and veterinary support sectors by building responsibility, observation, and customer service skills. It prepares individuals to manage cattery operations effectively while maintaining high standards of animal welfare and client satisfaction.
The Cattery Management course has a total study time of 2 weeks and 1 day. Learners can progress through the programme at a flexible pace, allowing them to complete the training in line with their personal schedule, availability, and preferred learning approach.
Requirements for the Cattery Management course are simple and suitable for beginners interested in animal care and boarding services. A basic understanding of cat behaviour, hygiene, and customer service is helpful. No prior experience is required, and the course is fully online with flexible, self-paced study options.
It involves caring for cats and managing the daily operations of a cattery.
It is ideal for cat owners, animal lovers, and aspiring cattery managers.
You will learn cat care, feeding, hygiene, and cattery management basics.
No experience is required, though interest in animal care is helpful.
It helps develop practical skills for cat care and pet care businesses.
| Cattery Management | |||
| Introduction to Catteries | 00:12:00 | ||
| Licences and Legislation | 00:18:00 | ||
| Planning and Designing your Cattery | 00:22:00 | ||
| Equipment Required and Daily Routine | 00:17:00 | ||
| Care of Felines in Catteries | 00:20:00 | ||
| Feline Behaviour & Psychology | 00:28:00 | ||
| Administrative Management of Catteries | 00:21:00 | ||
| Health and Safety Management | 00:22:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam – Cattery Management | 00:20:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam – Cattery Management | 00:20:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Cattery Management | 2 weeks, 1 day | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate QLS | 00:00:00 | ||
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