Sustainable Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity Management Level 3 Diploma (RQF).

There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification but learners must be aged 16 or over.

Minimum Age restriction

16

Average completion timeframe

You have 24 months to complete your course.

Placement or Practical required

This course does not include a mandatory placement. However, learners have the opportunity to complete an optional 2 week placement that is offered in a Game Reserve in South Africa. This placement costs £1,485 and is payable directly to our partner when booking the practical dates.

If placement or practical required, when?

Learners can do the practical at any point once the thresholds are met.

Certification Timeframe

Learners can expect their certification within 6 months of completing the course, following the (EQA) External Quality Assurance of assessment.

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

• The Role of Soil and Rock in Conservation and Biodiversity Management
• The Role of Vegetation and Climate in Conservation and Biodiversity Management
• Principles of Conservation Ecology
• The Role of Biodiversity
• Principles of Biodiversity Management
• Conservation, Preservation and Wildlife Management Options and Interventions
• Principles of a Biodiversity-Based Economy

• Understand why wildlife conservation and biodiversity management starts with the soil
• Understand rock types and how they affect soil composition
• Understand the rock cycle
• Understand the process by which soil is made
• Understand the role and mechanisms of weathering and erosion

• Understand how the climate affects soil and vegetation
• Understand the role of vegetation in soil conservation
• Understand plant succession and climax vegetation
• Understand the influence of soil and climate in determining vegetation types
• Understand the concept of ‘invasive alien vegetation’ and its implications for wildlife conservation and biodiversity

• Understand ecology in the context of wildlife conservation and biodiversity management
• Understand ecosystems in the context of wildlife conservation and biodiversity management
• Understand ecosystem services in the context of wildlife conservation and biodiversity management
• Understand trophic levels, the energy cycle, food chains and food webs in the context of wildlife conservation and biodiversity management
• Understand ecological niche in the context of wildlife conservation and biodiversity management

• Understand the pivotal role of biodiversity in the natural world
• Understand how biodiversity can be lost and what actions might be taken to protect biodiversity
• Understand how animals and plants relate and communicate with each other
• Understand how ecosystems interconnect and support life
• Understand how biodiversity contributes to the resilience of ecosystems

• Understand open and closed natural systems
• Understand succession and the factors which influence it
• Understand cumulative change and its impact on biodiversity
• Understand how the vegetation of a closed system determines the wildlife the system can sustain
• Understand how invasive alien plants threaten biodiversity and the management interventions which can mitigate these threats

• Understand conservation, preservation and wildlife management
• Understand when and why it is necessary to manage wildlife populations and the management options that are available
• Understand factors that aid in wildlife management decision-making
• Understand different management interventions within the different management options available
• Understand animal behavioural ecology within population dynamics and management

• Understand the concept of a biodiversity-based economy
• Understand the value of sustainable-use conservation within a biodiversity-based economy
• Understand how management interventions can generate economic benefits
• Understand the role of animal rights organisations within biodiversity conservation

Practical Placement 

This qualification comes with the option of booking a four-week Wildlife Conservation Work Experience programme on a Game Reserve in South Africa - scheduled to run from 03 June - 01 July 2024.

The placement costs £2,000 (excluding flights) and is payable directly to our partner when booking the practical dates.

Learners will gain exposure to a cross-section of ecosystems and learn about a variety of wildlife and conservation techniques. South Africa is the only country in Africa that can claim to have more wildlife today than it had a century ago.

To gain the Level 3 Diploma in Sustainable Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity Management you must achieve 40 credits.
Each unit will be assessed by a range of in-depth theory assessments. Students will need to show sufficient evidence that they have the required knowledge, skills and understanding of the assessment criteria. 

When are you assessed?

Once you have successfully completed each unit assessment you will receive your certificate of completion alongside your qualification.