Maybe you want to groom dogs on your own terms. You cover dog care and grooming, then how to start a business. The plan, the books and the marketing are made for a startup.
Grooming skill alone does not run a salon. This pathway puts a business plan, bookkeeping and marketing beside the clipper work.
Video tutorials take you through grooms end to end, so you see the order of work rather than reading about it.
One to one mentoring with a business coach, on top of tutor support for the course itself.
Some people take this to open a salon, others to run a mobile van or a wash and trim service. The business modules point at working for yourself.
Setting up and running your own shopfront from scratch.
Taking the bench to the customer's driveway.
Working in an existing salon while you build a client book.
Cut, finish and coat work as the heart of the job.
A tighter service model with quicker turnaround.
Bookings, records and the money side of a salon.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. This pathway is not nationally recognised. Starting a business carries its own risk and cost.
Learn the dog, learn the coat, then learn the business.
Three parts. The third is the money side of a small salon.
Caring for Dogs, Dog and Pet Grooming, and a business start up module built around Xero.
You set up the books in Xero and can add a digital marketing module once the core work is done.
A longer runway than a single certificate, which suits people building a business while they work.
Awarded by the college on completion
From 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 in 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.
Take the craft modules first, then open the business ones.
No. The pathway starts with dog care and works up to technique, so a beginner can follow it.
Eighteen months of access, and the college puts the workload at around 280 hours.
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.
Business types and structures, writing a plan, the basics of accounting, and setting up Xero. A digital marketing module opens once the core work is done.
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.
Yes. One to one sessions with a business coach sit alongside tutor support for the course content.
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 with over fifteen years behind it, working with more than twenty five thousand students a year. A share of course proceeds goes to RSPCA Victoria for rehabilitation and adoption programs.
Picture your own name over the door and a diary that fills itself.