FDHA Ordinance
on Training in Animal Husbandry and
Handling of Animals
(Animal Welfare Training Ordinance, AWTO)¹

¹ The the­or­et­ic­al part provides ba­sic know­ledge of the fol­low­ing:

a.

struc­ture of les­sons and timetables;

b.

ap­plied learn­ing psy­cho­logy;

c.

po­s­i­tion of an­im­al wel­fare le­gis­la­tion in the Swiss leg­al sys­tem, tasks of an­im­al wel­fare au­thor­it­ies and ob­lig­a­tions of an­im­al keep­ers; and

d.

ad­min­is­tra­tion of course or­gan­isa­tion.

² It provides in-depth know­ledge of the as­pects covered in the re­spect­ive train­ing in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 197 and 198 Ani­WO.