HOME OFFICE LICENSEE TRAINING EXAM 2025
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PIL Answer - Procedures Individual Licence
• a licence granted by the Secretary of State qualifying the holder to apply
specified regulated procedures to specified animals at specified places
• must receive training before they can obtain a licence
Module training course Answer - • Candidates successfully completing this
course will gain a Home Office Module Training Certificate (not a Home Office
Licence!)
• Certificate holders can obtain a licence to work under supervision and with
project licence authorisation
• Further training required to gain competence in specific techniques:
- observation
- simulations
- cadavers
- work under direct supervision with
assistance
• Need to maintain records of training and competencies
What animals are protected? Answer - Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act
1986 (as amended 2012)
,Any living vertebrate (excluding man)
• mammals, birds, reptiles:
- from 2/3 of the way through gestation or
incubation
• other vertebrates (i.e. fish):
- from the time when they are capable of
independent feeding
And any living cephalopod
When is an animal no longer living? Answer - Living until:
• permanent cessation of circulation
• or destruction of the brain
• so includes decerebrate animals (hind brain/brainstem still intact)
Where can procedures take place? Answer - • specified institution
• specified rooms
• named individuals take responsibility for ensuring that everything done at the
place is authorised
What procedures? (Project licences) Answer - • Project Licences are granted by
the Secretary of State
• The project specifies a programme of work, and as part of that programme
authorises the application of:
- specified regulated procedures
- to animals of specified descriptions
- at a specified place(s)
, The 3 Rs Answer - • The 3 Rs provide a framework for more humane animal
research
• Replace, Reduce and Refine
• REPLACE:
- use of animals with alternatives (cell lines,
animal or human tissue, non-protected
species
• REDUCE:
- numbers used
• REFINE:
- procedures carried out (to minimise pain,
suffering, distress, or lasting harm)
The 3 Vs Answer - • Construct Validity
- is the model measuring what it claims?
• Internal validity
- does the study establish a trustworthy
cause-and-effect relationship between the
treatment and outcome (outcome not
influenced by other factors and variables)
• External Validity
- how generalisable the findings are to the
wider situation (do the findings apply to
other people, settings, situations, etc)
What procedures? (Regulated procedures) Answer - Regulated procedures:
SOLVED TO PASS!!
PIL Answer - Procedures Individual Licence
• a licence granted by the Secretary of State qualifying the holder to apply
specified regulated procedures to specified animals at specified places
• must receive training before they can obtain a licence
Module training course Answer - • Candidates successfully completing this
course will gain a Home Office Module Training Certificate (not a Home Office
Licence!)
• Certificate holders can obtain a licence to work under supervision and with
project licence authorisation
• Further training required to gain competence in specific techniques:
- observation
- simulations
- cadavers
- work under direct supervision with
assistance
• Need to maintain records of training and competencies
What animals are protected? Answer - Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act
1986 (as amended 2012)
,Any living vertebrate (excluding man)
• mammals, birds, reptiles:
- from 2/3 of the way through gestation or
incubation
• other vertebrates (i.e. fish):
- from the time when they are capable of
independent feeding
And any living cephalopod
When is an animal no longer living? Answer - Living until:
• permanent cessation of circulation
• or destruction of the brain
• so includes decerebrate animals (hind brain/brainstem still intact)
Where can procedures take place? Answer - • specified institution
• specified rooms
• named individuals take responsibility for ensuring that everything done at the
place is authorised
What procedures? (Project licences) Answer - • Project Licences are granted by
the Secretary of State
• The project specifies a programme of work, and as part of that programme
authorises the application of:
- specified regulated procedures
- to animals of specified descriptions
- at a specified place(s)
, The 3 Rs Answer - • The 3 Rs provide a framework for more humane animal
research
• Replace, Reduce and Refine
• REPLACE:
- use of animals with alternatives (cell lines,
animal or human tissue, non-protected
species
• REDUCE:
- numbers used
• REFINE:
- procedures carried out (to minimise pain,
suffering, distress, or lasting harm)
The 3 Vs Answer - • Construct Validity
- is the model measuring what it claims?
• Internal validity
- does the study establish a trustworthy
cause-and-effect relationship between the
treatment and outcome (outcome not
influenced by other factors and variables)
• External Validity
- how generalisable the findings are to the
wider situation (do the findings apply to
other people, settings, situations, etc)
What procedures? (Regulated procedures) Answer - Regulated procedures:
