Workshop Outline
Familiarizing staff and individuals with wildlife likely to be encountered in various regions, Animal Ark's Wildlife Awareness Workshops can be tailored to your staffs needs and location.Perfect for Professional Development Days, PD Days for teachers and educators, Safety Briefings, Toolbox Talks, Team Building.
The session is quite practical with many live specimens available to see, and some friendly snakes and lizards that can be held. No one need feel at all apprehensive about attending. We try to make it fun but informative and no one is forced in any way to have contact with any creature.
We can adapt these sessions to your particular location and requirements.
Come to us, or we can come to you.
This reassuring and informative workshop comprises:
- Tailored introduction for your particular region / working environment.
- Facts Figures and Statistics relating to Australian Hazardous Wildlife.
- The Fear Factor + legal responsibilities.
- Close up look at some nasties.
- Reptile behaviour and understanding snakes.
- Site awareness.
- Bite Sign and Symptoms + First Aid - Patient immobilization and pressure bandaging.
- Meet and Great Friendly Reptiles and Amphibians.
- PHOTO Opportunities.
- No prior experience required - suits any age/educational background.
- Flexible duration - between 1 and 2 hours.
- Up to 20 per session ideal but more can be easily accommodated.
Animals that visit may include:
- Tiger Snake
- Death Adder
- Mulga - King brown snake
- Black Headed Python
- Woma Pythons
- Stimson's Pythons
- Bob Tail Lizard
- Northern Blue Tongued Skinks
- Northern Green Tree Frogs
- Red back spider
- Huntsman spider
- Centipede
- Scorpion
Contact us for a quote
Please see our Terms and Conditions for all training courses.
See our Events Diary for scheduled public sessions.
- ANIMAL ARK is a DBCA Parks & Wildlife Service approved and licenced training provider.
- Regular Perth-based training.
- Can travel to you.
- Student discounts available.
- Trainer David Manning is an experienced, well-respected herpetologist, author and general professional naturalist. As an educator (Cert IV TAE) he is engaging and effective with people of all ages and abilities.
Apache Energy Ltd
Water Corporation
BHP Billiton
Department of Sport & Recreation
Broadcast Australia
Fulton Hogan
Adventure World
Electrix


