Training
Requirements for licence holders
Applicants for personal and project licences are required to have successfully completed an accredited training programme.
Training requirements for personal licence holders
Applicants for personal licences after 1 April 1994 will be required to have successfully completed an accredited training programme comprising the subjects described in Modules 1 to 3, and also those in Module 4 - where appropriate to the techniques included in the licence application. Very limited exemptions from these requirements may be considered by the Home Office.
The training requirements of former personal licensees who are applying for reinstatement of their licences will be determined by many factors including previous formal training and length of time away from use of animals in procedures. In general, anyone applying for a licence more than five years after relinquishing the previous licence should expect to undergo the full training programme. Where less than five years has elapsed, the training requirements should be discussed with the inspector.
Personal licensees seeking extension of authority from minor surgical procedures to major surgical procedures will be expected to complete Module 4 of the programme before application for such amendment.
Personal licensees seeking significant amendments to the species authorised on the licence which involve additional skills (eg extension from rodents to dogs or to farm animals) will be expected to undergo additional practical training as provided by the relevant parts of Modules 2, 3 and/or 4 before application for such amendment.
Project licence applicants
New applicants for project licences after 1 April 1995 will be required to have successfully completed at least Modules 1, 2 and 5 and also Modules 3 and 4 when appropriate to the procedures to be carried out in the project. In most cases, project licence applicants will have held or still hold personal licences and therefore will only need to complete Module 5 prior to application for a project licence. There is merit in personal licence holders, who are likely to become project licence holders or deputies later in their career, completing Module 5 at any early stage, perhaps with a refresher course before application.
It is unlikely that persons who have never been personal licensees or who have very limited experience of animal science or animal welfare will be considered to have sufficient appropriate experience to hold a project licence.
About the modules.
Exemptions from training.
