Dog Grooming Apprentice - Birmingham
Dazzling Dogs
BIRMINGHAM (B44 8NS)
Closes in 27 days (Thursday 31 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Dazzling Dogs as a busy dog grooming team, they are now looking to expand and would like to welcome a new Dog Grooming Apprentice to the team. Based in Birmingham, they have excellent public transport links.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Dog groomer (level 2)
- Hours
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30 hours per week, over 5 days Tuesday to Saturday, exact hours to be confirmed with employer.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 2 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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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
Dazzling Dogs are looking for a hardworking, fun-loving person to join their team.
It would be beneficial to have had previous experience in grooming.
You must be able to work to a high standard and to breed standard or the request of the owner. They are a busy expanding salon who also sells raw food and treats.
The ideal candidate will not only have excellent grooming skills but also have fantastic customer service skills, good time keeping and most importantly love each and every dog like it's your own.
Working hours: 30 per week
Duties:
- Working to a high standard
- Bathing
- Cutting
- Grooming
- Drying
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Tuesday to Saturday
The apprenticeship program we operate is based on site with no college days away from the working environment. It will also include Functional skills to aid in your development in Math and English if not achieved at GCSE.
Dazzling Dogs like to offer a trial at their establishment prior to starting with us full time so you get to experience how working with them benefits you as an individual.
You must be a UK resident to qualify for apprenticeship funding and must not have completed this qualification previously.
Where you'll work
905 ALDRIDGE ROAD
GREAT BARR
BIRMINGHAM
B44 8NS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HADDON TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Dog groomer (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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
- A level 2 certificate will be awarded on successful completion of the apprenticeship
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
- All training will take place within the workplace
- Your dedicated trainer coach will visit you remotely or in person every month
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
The ideal candidate will have handled dogs and other animals other than just as pets, i.e. volunteering at rescue centres or kennels, or work experience in a dog groomers.
About this company
Dazzling Dogs offers a comprehensive and professional range of dog grooming services with Dog Grooming Salons in Aldridge and Great Barr.
After this apprenticeship
Dazzling Dogs will give you the opportunity to become a part of well-established Dog groomers with a passion for development. They are open to you becoming a full-time team member with development opportunities for career growth.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HADDON TRAINING LIMITED
Emma Openshaw
emma.openshaw@haddontraining.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329365.
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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 31 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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