{"id":4409,"date":"2024-05-28T06:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/?page_id=4409"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:44:12","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Join Australia\u2019s peak body for the working animals sector and have your say about this fast-growing sector. We provide a platform for individuals and organisations working in this industry to communicate and collaborate with the chief aim of supporting one-another to increase industry standards.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • A united voice for the working animals sector advocating on behalf of members for greater recognition and support,<\/li>
  • Delivery of a consistent codes and standards within the sector,<\/li>
  • Providing education to members of the public to enhance recognition, increase standards and decrease discrimination,<\/li>
  • Connecting service providers with training and continuing professional development opportunities,<\/li>
  • Connecting clients with pre-vetted service providers to provide better access to working animal services.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    The working animals sector encompasses a range of professionals in the following areas:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Assistance Animals<\/li>
    • Therapy Animals (including animal-assisted therapy, animal-assisted learning, and animal-assisted activities)<\/li>
    • Detection Animals<\/li>
    • Education Animals<\/li>
    • Animal Actors<\/li>
    • Any other animal with a job.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Membership with WAFA provides you with access to a variety of resources to support your needs as a handler, trainer, professional or community member. Ranging from our free supporters membership to our platinum accreditation level, our clients receive access to key resources and services tailored to meet their needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Membership is subject to:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • Agreeing to abide by the WAFA constitution and all WAFA codes and standards,<\/li>
      • Being accepted by the WAFA managing committee, and<\/li>
      • Membership is non-refundable once approved by the committee.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        WAFA members are:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • Individual members who are handlers, trainers and professionals providing paid or unpaid services in the working animals industry,<\/li>
        • Member organisations who provide services in the working animal’s sector,<\/li>
        • Members of the community who are interested in maintaining an affiliation with WAFA<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Join Australia\u2019s peak body for the working animals sector and have your say about this fast-growing sector. We provide a platform for individuals and organisations working in this industry to communicate and collaborate with the chief aim of supporting one-another to increase industry standards. We Provide: A united voice for the working animals sector advocating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4409"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5706,"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4409\/revisions\/5706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workinganimals.com.au\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}