Read 8 independent reviews about the Hose and Rope Workshop course run by The Shape of Enrichment on coursecheck.com

Description

Hosted by Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary, this 1 day workshop is aimed at college and university students (past or present) who do not currently work within animal facility, but are looking to do so as a career.

Lakeview is set within 10acres of woodland and home to 34 rescued primates. As it is not open to the public this is a unique opportunity for our delegates to see the work being done at this charity (www.lakeviewmonkeysanctuary.com).

This Workshop is run by Mark Kingston Jones. Mark is a SHAPE Workshop Coordinator and Co-founder of Team Building with BITE (TBWB). Previously he worked at Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks, as Head of Education and Research. In addition to running 35 previous SEECs, he has been involved in 24 keeper workshops in the UK, USA, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa. He is the SHAPE-UK & Ireland Events Co-ordinator, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent, an AZA Instructor, and member of the BIAZA Behavioural Management and Training Working Group. He has presented 55 talks and workshops on topics relating to animal welfare at conferences, internationally. To find out more see: https://teambuildingwithbite.com/mark-kingston-jones/. He will be joined on this workshop by Holly Cole, who after attending a SEEC in 2015, has worked with Team Building with BITE on multiple events, and has assisted on a further 3 SEECs and 2 large BIAZA conference workshops hosted by ZSL London. To find out more see: https://teambuildingwithbite.com/holly-cole/

What you will learn

Our aim is to provide valuable practical experience and useful skills for a would-be keeper’s CV. The day will cover rope splicing basics and creating items from fire hose, providing practical building skills for working in an animal facility. The end of the day will culminate in the application of these principles, as delegates will be given the opportunity to design, build and install enclosure furniture within one of the sanctuary enclosures. Please note you must be 18 or over to attend this course.

Further information

Provider:: The Shape of Enrichment
Duration:: 1 Day
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Really enjoyed the whole experience. Knowing that the skills we developed were going to be useful as we built really cool things for rescued monkeys. It was incredibly rewarding to see them use what we built. I’ll definitely be using the skills I learnt for future projects.
Marie P04 Apr 19
Mark was thorough and very well organised with the entire group. He was very interactive and the students and myself included gained lots of skills by completing the training. Lakeview is also great and the owners of the sanctuary were also very helpful. A great training session and looking forward in doing this again next year!
evangelos a25 Mar 19
Loved the trip. Day 1 we learnt a lot of theory and learnt how to make firehose enrichment and rope splices. Day 2 we got let loose on a macaque enclosure to design it how we liked! I thought the course was well planned as we used the training from Day 1 and put it in to practise on Day 2, so the course flowed well. Mark was always willing to help out and answer any questions we had, a really lovely and experienced/knowledgable man! Would definitely reccommend!
Amy L15 Mar 19
Mark was lovely and made sure we were all on the right track and learning different skills. I learnt many things such as different types of knots, the health and safety risks of enrichment and DIY skills. Mark has a lot of experience and it shows through his lectures and practicals. I will definitely be taking these skills into the work place, thank you!
Abbie 15 Mar 19
Although very cold and rainy, Mark made the entire experience extremely enjoyable! We are already planning more training sessions for the near future!
Kirsty A15 Mar 19