Animal Care and Welfare Apprentice
Start Date: Mid-August 2025
Are you looking for a career working directly with animals and making a real impact on their care and wellbeing? Start your journey with Sequani, a leader in regulatory safety testing, through our Level 2 Animal Care and Welfare Assistant Apprenticeship.
After a thorough induction and a personalised training programme, you’ll gain hands-on experience and a solid understanding of working with animals in toxicology and pre-clinical research. You will be playing a vital role in the development of life-changing medicines.

WHO WE ARE:

Sequani is a contract research organisation based in the beautiful Herefordshire countryside. We conduct regulatory safety testing to help make the world a safer place.
As a Gold Investors in People organisation, we are confident that we can offer a varied role, together with a good range of company benefits and excellent career progression. Our customers frequently complement us on our friendly, professional, and high-quality service and we inject commitment and purpose into everything we do.
Our Laboratory Animal Science department comprises of several distinct animal facilities, each with a specific focus based on species and/or study type. The LAS team is made up of staff across various grades and levels of experience. Unlike many other establishments in the industry, our team members receive extensive cross-training and are proficient in a wide range of techniques and procedures across all species housed within the facilities.

This entry-level role is perfect for someone ready to take their first step into a career in the science industry. In this role, you’ll be at the heart of animal welfare, learning key skills like:

• Daily husbandry routines including feeding, watering, socialisation and cage changing
• Maintaining clean and healthy environments for laboratory species
• Supporting experienced Animal Technologists with technical procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and in particular those relating to Animal Welfare, GLP and Health & Safety.

Rolling shift pattern of start and finish times: 07:00 - 15:30, 08:00 - 16:30 and 09:00 - 17:30.