Summary
An exciting opportunity to learn the skills and knowledge to become a professional dog groomer. Doggy styling is a high end and unique grooming salon and dog boutique, a home from home for our four-legged friends.
Wage
£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training course
Dog groomer (level 2)
Hours
Hours are: 9.15am to 6pm with 30-min lunch, Tuesday to Saturday
40 hours a week
Start date
Monday 12 May 2025
Duration
1 year 4 months
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Doggy Styling is a high end and unique grooming salon and dog boutique, a home from home for our four-legged friends. This is a fantastic opportunity for a trainee dog grooming to join our team and learn on the job. The goal is to progress to a stylist position.
This role will include:
* Preparing dogs to specification, ready to be groomed by the stylist, tasks include bathing, drying, nail clipping and rough trimming
* Learning and following direction from a grooming trainer
* Assist in ensuring excellent salon presentation is maintained and high standards are kept through cleanliness, safety and good standards of housekeeping
Where you’ll work
128 Sheen Road,
Richmond
TW9 1UR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
KEITS TRAINING SERVICES LTD
Your training course
Dog groomer (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Develop a dog grooming plan to meet the individual requirements of the dog and owner
* Carry out a dog grooming plan to meet the individual requirements of the dog and modify as required throughout the groom
* Identify normal signs of good and bad health including poor skin condition and external parasites
* Identify when to report abnormal signs of health and advise the customer when abnormal health may require veterinary attention
* Recognise and adapt to behavioural change indicators and signs of relaxation, fear, aggression and stress in dogs
* Handle and move dogs, adapting own behaviour to meet the needs of the dog
* Identify and use relevant dog restraint equipment to move and handle the dog according to temperament, age, breed, and size, and in line with manual handling and lifting procedures
* Bathe a dog using procedures which account for breed, coat type and anatomical features, including selecting, preparing and using products according to coat type
* Store grooming and bathing products, including medicated shampoo, in accordance with COSHH regulations
* Dry a dog selecting and using equipment, methods and products which account for coat type, breed, and anatomical features
* Handle the dog and use nail clippers and/or scissors to trim dog’s nails.
* Select, handle, and use coat trimming equipment
* Identify factors that require the groom to be terminated early, such as illness, zoonotic infections, behaviour, stress
* Identify and escalate health and safety, and animal welfare concerns
* Maintain dog records
* Communicate with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders and use terminology suitable to audience
* Clean, maintain, store and sterilise products and equipment
* Clean and disinfect the work area and dispose of waste in accordance with COSHH regulations
* Develop a dog grooming plan to meet the individual requirements of the dog and owner
* Carry out a dog grooming plan to meet the individual requirements of the dog and modify as required throughout the groom
* Identify normal signs of good and bad health including poor skin condition and external parasites
* Identify when to report abnormal signs of health and advise the customer when abnormal health may require veterinary attention
* Recognise and adapt to behavioural change indicators and signs of relaxation, fear, aggression and stress in dogs
* Handle and move dogs, adapting own behaviour to meet the needs of the dog
* Identify and use relevant dog restraint equipment to move and handle the dog according to temperament, age, breed, and size, and in line with manual handling and lifting procedures
* Bathe a dog using procedures which account for breed, coat type and anatomical features, including selecting, preparing and using products according to coat type
* Store grooming and bathing products, including medicated shampoo, in accordance with COSHH regulations
* Dry a dog selecting and using equipment, methods and products which account for coat type, breed, and anatomical features
* Handle the dog and use nail clippers and/or scissors to trim dog’s nails.
* Select, handle, and use coat trimming equipment
* Identify factors that require the groom to be terminated early, such as illness, zoonotic infections, behaviour, stress
* Identify and escalate health and safety, and animal welfare concerns
* Maintain dog records
* Communicate with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders and use terminology suitable to audience
* Clean, maintain, store and sterilise products and equipment
* Clean and disinfect the work area and dispose of waste in accordance with COSHH regulations
Your training plan
* Full training to be provided by the employer and KEITS at the place of employment
* The applicant will be working towards and gain a Level 2 Dog Groomer Apprenticeship
* The learner will be allocated an industry specific training consultant who will provide both remote and on site visits throughout the apprenticeship
* The apprentice will work towards an End Point Assessment (EPA) at the end of their apprenticeship
Requirements
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Presentation skills
* Team working
* Creative
* Patience
Other requirements
Employee discounts and team outings Full training to be provided by the employer and KEITS at the place of employment. The applicant will be working towards and gain a Level 2 Dog Grooming Apprenticeship The learner will be allocated an industry specific training consultant who will provide both remote and on site visits throughout the apprenticeship. The apprentice will work towards an End Point Assessment (EPA) at the end of their apprenticeship.