RSPCA inspectors investigate complaints about animal cruelty, and rescue animals and provide medical treatment.
£19,250 Starter
to£30,000 Experienced
38 to 40 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays on shifts
You can get into this job through:
You can get experience by volunteering with an animal welfare charity, animal refuge or at one of the RSPCA's own animal care centres.
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You could do a course in animal care while you're volunteering, which may help when you come to apply for a training place with the RSPCA.
You can apply directly for trainee inspector vacancies. You should be willing to move to another part of the country to do your training, if necessary.
To be taken on as a trainee you'll need:
If your application is successful, you'll be invited to a selection day where you'll complete a series of assessments and an interview.
You'll find advice about working as an inspector through the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
You'll need:
You'll need to:
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
You could work at an abattoir, in a court, on a farm, on the streets, in the community or at a client's home.
Your working environment may be dirty, you'll travel often, physically and emotionally demanding and outdoors some of the time.
You may need to wear a uniform.
With experience, you could progress to chief inspector then regional superintendent.
You could move into management or training roles at the RSPCA headquarters.
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