Amarillo Zoo in Texas, US is hosting a summer training programme, offering volunteers the chance to get experience working in an active zoo.

The course is open for anyone aged 13 and up and will give volunteers the chance to work with the zoo’s animals, educate park guests and help with special events.

The zoo is interested in recruiting mainly college students as well as retired individuals who are interested in serving as exhibit interpreters in the park’s new educational building.

Amarillo Zoo will soon be conducting interviews for successful applicants who will then attend a training class and will work at least one four-hour shift a month throughout the summer, with employment possibilities an option for the future.