Our work experience, internships & volunteer programs are set out to help you gain experience within a zoological collection. You will assist our animal keepers with the husbandry & care of our animals. You won’t only be gaining experience working with a range of animals but you will also enable our keepers to achieve more in their work day, such as providing more enrichment to our animals, carrying out more behavioural observations & interacting with more visitors.

Are you looking for work experience for your school or college course? We offer a limited number of work experience placements for 1–2 weeks on our animal sections.
This is a great opportunity for you to see first-hand what it is like to be an animal keeper. You will assist our animal keepers with their daily animal husbandry tasks with a range of animals. This might include providing food & fresh water, cleaning & maintaining enclosures, providing enrichment and preparing animal diets.

– enthusiastic & hard working
– willing to learn
– physically fit & able to work outside in all weather conditions
– comfortable speaking to, and interacting with our visitors
– reliable & trustworthy
– good listeners & keen to acquire knowledge
– interested in working in a team & learning new skills
– working towards an animal care qualification (or being in the process of completing a ‘sandwich’ degree)

– gain valuable animal husbandry experience within the zoo industry
– enhance your CV with hands-on experience
– try something new & gain new experiences
– meet like-minded people

If you are interested in a work experience placement with us please fill in our online application form >> HERE <<
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND US AN APPLICATION AT LEAST A MONTH BEFORE YOUR PREFERRED DATE AS SPACES ARE VERY LIMITED!