What qualifications would i need to work at a zoo?
That depends what job you want to do in a zoo – keeper, restaurant worker, gift shop worker, groundskeeper, electrician, director, etc. For example, if you wanted to be a zoo director, you would need a degree in business management. If you wanted to work in the gift shop, you probably wouldn’t need anything beyond a basic education – you don’t even have to be good at maths, since the tills do all the working out for you. I used to be a zookeeper, so I can tell you about that in more detail. The most important thing for becoming a zookeeper is to gain experience with animals. Most zoos are more interested in this than in qualifications – I got the job without any qualifications other than G.C.S.E.s. Having higher qualifications is no guarantee of getting the job (my boss told me he’s had people come in with degrees who didn’t know which end an elephant craps out of!), and not having them is no guarantee you won’t get the job. Volunteering at a zoo or animal sanctuary is a good way of ge
