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Pathways – Zoo Keeper Program

By Josh Cox BMSc / 11 July 2019 / Last Modified: 15 September 2023

We are super excited at Reptile Encounters to have launched our Pathways – Zoo Keeper Program. Elaine and Sam have been doing a wonderful job working with all our amazing participants. It’s great seeing fresh new faces at Reptile Encounters HQ.

We have had the pleasure of working with Melinda and the awesome people at Different Journeys and we look forward to continuing to work them into the future. See some happy snaps below from the ASD Peer Support Social Event.

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What we offer

  • Zoo Keeper experience
  • Life Skills
  • Employment Pathway
  • Innovative Community Participation
  • Advocacy and Confidence
  • Multifaceted approach to Learning.
  • Supportive Environment
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Tailored to the Individual
  • 1:1 Supports – Community Access

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Pathways – Zoo Keeper Program

  • Theory & Practice – Zoo Keeper Skills
  • Be Part of a Caring Team
  • Socialisation
  • Independance
  • Goals Oriented
  • Inclusion
  • Professional Qualified Instructors

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Wildlife Ranger Program – School Holiday Program

  • Become a part of the Reptile Encounters team
  • Experience what it’s like to be a zoo keeper
  • Run by our experienced Pathways staff
  • Loads of fun and excitement packed into one day
  • Get hands on experience with all sorts of native animals
  • Learn about what they eat and need to thrive
  • From 10am – 4pm daily in the school holidays
  • For 10 year plus

NDIS Approved

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For more information contact Elaine on 0408355716
Different Journeys – https://differentjourneysasd.com/
Amaze – https://www.amaze.org.au/

Josh Cox BMSc
Josh Cox BMSc

Josh is the driving force behind Reptile Encounters, as our innovative Director. Beginning his wildlife and conservation journey in his childhood with a vast collection of his own reptiles, Josh has continued to expand his husbandry experience and passion for saving all creatures. With this early experience, and two parents as teachers, Josh was destined to develop an educational zoo helping everyone fall in love with our incredible wildlife. After completing a Bachelor of Medical Science and veering off into the pharmaceutical world for a few years, Josh brought his science and networking experience, and entrepreneurial spirit, back to his true passion in wildlife. In 2007, he launched Reptile Encounters from the ground up. With nothing more than his experience and a drive to make a difference, Josh grew his humble small collection to the incredible zoo you see today; a nature-based home to over five hundred Australian wildlife, employing 45 staff, visiting 1500 classrooms each year, and operating 365 days per year.

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Reptile Encounters would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the people of the Kulin Nation, who have never ceded sovereignty. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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