This Raptor Husbandry Short Course focuses on raptor accommodation and housing. It has been specifically crafted for individuals engaged in the commercial or professional field of falconry, as well as those who work with birds of prey as part of their employment or volunteer responsibilities. The course is designed to enhance and sustain your expertise, demonstrating your ongoing dedication to Continuing Professional Development through educational training.
The full range of ‘Professional Raptor Husbandry’ courses are also the best way to train and develop the skills of new staff and the next generation of bird of prey professionals.
Comprising three lessons, the course incorporates Core Module C1 extracted from the Raptor Awards’ ‘Combined Course.’ The second lesson features a ‘professional extension’ that delves into a more extensive exploration of the legal frameworks that encompass the keeping of birds of prey for professional or commercial purposes.
Lesson 3 gives you the opportunity to claim your Course certificate and enables you to upload supporting documents
Note: For those practicing as Professional Falconers, we strongly recommend considering membership of the IRBPP. Membership serves as an indispensable resource in acquiring and upholding your professional standing. To learn more about the IRBPP, please visit their website
This course is well-suited to individuals who hold any degree of responsibility for ensuring the welfare and proper care of birds of prey and owls within a professional context. It is suitable for established practitioners as well as new entrants to this field. This includes:
Lesson 1: Bird of Prey Accommodation and Housing (Core Module C1)
Core Module 1: Bird of prey accommodation and housing is based on the National Standards for bird of prey welfare – devised by internationally renowned falconers and top raptor veterinarians .
For established professionals this is an excellent re-capping of the competences you have built up over time and supports your obligatory annual CPD target.
For new entrants to the field, this is an essential core learning module that is the pre-cursor to all further professional development.
You can read more about the standards and the expertise behind their development here:
This lesson looks in detail at the additional legislative burden imposed by legislation, case law and guidance from other ‘authoritative sources’.
In particular this lesson covers professional impacts of:
If you are working in a Commercial Bird of Prey operation and are subject to regulation under a Zoo licence or the Animal Activities Regulations, then satisfactory completion of this short course entitles you to record 8 hours CPD on your Individual Training Record. Your training record may be inspected every time your licence is renewed, and should show a pattern of regular CPD activities of at least 30 hours every year.
If you work in any other setting (such as bird control using birds of prey) then you can complete this short course and use your cpd record to demonstrate your commitment to a properly trained workforce.
The simplest way to maintain your personal CPD record is to join the IRBPP – where a permanent personal record of achievement is part of your member benefits. Read more here:
Please read these notes carefully: Review of the main legislation relating to housing raptors Introduction: In both the UK and across Europe, numerous laws exist that may pose challenges for individuals engaged in the practice of free-flying birds of prey. Other countries usually have similar legislation, especially in the EU and America and Canada. In […]
To complete your course, please answer the questions in the lesson quiz, and upload your completed worksheet from Lesson 1. Please note that worksheets are sampled and monitored for quality assurance purposes. Your certificate will then be available to download from this page.
