If you stop to pat every dog you pass, start here. You cover coat care, breed styling, safe handling and dog health. Online study at your own speed is the right fit around a job.
You need no salon, no clippers and no breed knowledge to begin. The course assumes you are starting cold and builds from there.
Grooming goes wrong when the dog is not read well. You cover canine biology, health and behaviour before a blade goes near a coat.
One module covers grooming other animals, so the skill travels beyond a dog salon bench.
Grooming is a hands-on trade with steady demand in salons, mobile vans and pet shops. Most people start on the bench and build a book of regulars.
Bathing, drying, clipping and finishing in a salon or van.
Working to the cut and coat standards of particular breeds.
Coat, skin and finishing work as the main part of the job.
Advising owners on cuts, coat care and upkeep between visits.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. This course is not nationally recognised. Salons hire on skill, handling and attitude.
Two certificates: the dog first, then the coat.
Two things mark this out from a weekend grooming workshop: the dog care certificate sitting under it, and the safety and handling work.
Caring for Dogs and Dog and Pet Grooming run together. You finish holding both rather than one.
Whole topics on holding animals during grooming and on keeping the bench safe. Salons hire for this.
A closing module on how grooming work is priced, booked and run day to day.
Awarded by the college on completion
Issued by the college. It is not nationally recognised, and the college is not a registered training organisation.
The college is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office and belongs to the International Approval and Recognition Council.
Shared through a link inside the learning platform rather than through SEEK.
Send the form. It takes a minute and asks for nothing up front.
A course advisor walks you through the modules and the weekly cost.
Pick your payment plan, sign up, and open the first module.
Work the two certificates at whatever speed suits you.
None. The course assumes no handling confidence, no breed knowledge and no kit. You start at the beginning.
No. The college states you do not need a full grooming setup to take the course.
From $29 a week on a payment plan. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay the lot upfront. The plan takes no deposit and runs no credit check.
No exams, ever. You work through the modules online and submit tasks as you go.
The college publishes more than one access figure for this course, so ask a course advisor to confirm your access period before you enrol.
You finish with a Certificate of Achievement from the college. The college is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office and belongs to the International Approval and Recognition Council. It is not a registered training organisation, so the training is not nationally recognised. You also get a SEEK Pass credential, shared through a link in the learning platform rather than through SEEK itself.
It gives you the theory, the safety work and the language of the trade. Salons still hire on how you handle a dog, so pair it with hands-on time where you can.
There is a ten day money back guarantee from the college. Ask a course advisor to walk you through how it works before you sign up.
The Career Academy is an online college that has been teaching for over fifteen years and works with more than twenty five thousand students a year. It gives a share of course proceeds to RSPCA Victoria for rehabilitation and adoption work.
Picture a nervous dog leaving the bench calm and looking sharp.