The Career Academy Advanced Certificate in Dog Grooming
Become a Professional Dog Groomer!
Whether you’ve already got some experience in grooming and want to increase your knowledge base, or you want to get your foot in the door as a grooming apprentice, this Diploma will be for you. To begin with, you will learn about the care requirements of dogs, and all about their health. Then, in the second portion, you will be introduced to concepts and facts which are crucial to any groomer. With this Diploma, you will be an attractive candidate as a grooming apprentice, and can commence practical experience with confidence.
Completing this course will be the first step toward a new and exciting career working with dogs.
32 reviews for The Career Academy Advanced Certificate in Dog Grooming
Key benefits
- Understand the basic care of dogs, including nutrition, exercise, hygiene, and preventative health care.
- Learn about key concepts which are required by dog groomers including basic anatomy, hygiene, tools & equipment and handling.
- Get your foot in the door of the growing grooming industry.
- Gain a diploma which has been developed by grooming experts.
Support the RSPCA!
For every student that completes one of our dog care courses, we make a donation to the RSPCA in Victoria. On a recent visit to the RSPCA in Melbourne we found their efforts and facilities to be incredible and we fully support them in their fight for the safety of animals. RSPCA Victoria are currently reviewing our course materials.
Accredited by ICOES
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What our students say
★★★★★ “I’ve heard good things about the Career Academy…  I really enjoyed this course!” – Rebecca Taylor
★★★★★ “The course is very comprehensive and the tutor’s comments are very helpful. My assignment results come back super quickly!” – Natalie Winter
★★★★★ “I decided to enrol with The Career Academy because I needed a course I could do from home. A bit more on grooming dogs would have been invaluable as that’s the field I wish to take but in saying that I really enjoyed learning about the other aspects of this course and looking forward to doing more studies through you, I would like more info packs on dog grooming courses please. Still excellent overall.” – Jenny Sharpe
Course summary
Investment:Â Â $995 + GST or only $25 per week on an interest free payment plan
Assessments:Â 19 modules / 19 assignments. Includes case studies, quizzes and written assessments
Duration:Â 200Â hours (approximately 10 hours per module). Â Learn at your own pace, but ideally complete one module per week
Access:Â You will have access to the course content for up to 12 months or until you complete
Delivery:Â Online with tutor support via email or phone
Dog Care
- Introduction to Dog Care
- Canine Biology
- Dog Health – Part 1
- Dog Health – Part 2
- Exploring Dog Breeds
- Dog Breeding
- Dog Behaviour and Training
- Grooming Dogs
- Other Dog Services
Dog & Pet Grooming
- Scope and Nature of Grooming Animals
- Animal Biology
- Care of the Coat and Skin
- Dog Grooming Techniques
- Grooming other types of Animals
- Other Grooming Tasks
- Handling Animals During Grooming
- Show Grooming
- Grooming Safety
- The Business of Grooming
are currently reviewing our course materials.
Nicole Pilkington – Pet and Animal Care Tutor
Nicole has over 25 years experience working as a Veterinary Nurse. She has worked in various Veterinary clinics, Emergency hospitals where at one of them she held a practice management role. Nicole has trained and mentored many people that have been interested in a career in the Veterinary nursing and Animal care Industry. Training, behaviour of puppies is something that she has a lot of experience with. She has a passion for animals and teaching. Being able to share this with others is what she enjoys the most.
Student Success Stories
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Nicole –
Course content is great
Lauren Gow –
good
Julie Bradley –
Fine
Dione Carter –
the course content in interesting and beneficial, tutors are good to speak to as well.
Nakita De Nicker –
I start the coursebecause I got involved as a petminder and want to have the understanding of how to bath the dogs before returning to it owner. I did acouple of assignments and wasn’t sure why my assignments wasn’t submitted when I thought it was. I then was having a lot of trouble with my laptop and internet. I didn’t realise I was removed from doing my course once my laptop and internet was up and running properly. I had to contact academy adn they allowed me to do my course online and gave me a timeframe when I need it done by. I was very happy with it. I then finally figured out how to submit my assignments and got feedback. And then had trouble with questions and waiting for a reply to help on how to answer the question.
Kylie Cole –
Im finding it all great but I dropped out because it was getting to hard
Dorlene Haidar –
Learnt allot
Crystal Oakden-Hall –
Great course, nice people to talk to.
Rebecca Taylor –
I’ve heard good things about the Career Academy and they were running the course I wanted to do. I really enjoyed this course!
Alyssa Callaghan –
I have just started today so I have yet to find out, but I am so happy there is an online course through the Career Academy to do a dog grooming course as the only institute there is, is in Auckland. I am in Levin, so I am happy to have access to this online course.
Natalie Winter –
The course is very comprehensive and the tutor’s comments are very helpful. My assignment results come back super quickly!
Tarsha Adcock –
I’m definitely enjoying this course; I’m working with a dog groomer who is training me at the moment so I’m able to apply what I’m learning in the course directly into my work. I really enjoy having the course as well as the practical aspect, as it feels like I am getting a full training experience.
Owen Horn –
I’m on the first topic and it’s going well. Some of it’s easy, some of it’s difficult. No complaints.
Anonymous –
Excellent course, easy to navigate through and the content was quite helpful for me. The tutors gave good feedback as well.
Lesley Ryan –
It’s great, the content is really interesting. When I run into an issue it takes a little while for the tutors to get back to me.
Loretta Lee –
Great course!
Lesley Jones –
Interesting content, really big on animals so it’s quite interesting to learn about dog grooming more in depth.
Donna Johnston –
I’m an avid animal lover so I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve learned so far!
Alicia Davis –
Done one assignment so far. The questions are a bit vague but the tutor left some notes which was helpful.
Jade Brown –
Just started and it’s going good! Pretty easy so far, not as hard as I thought it would be. Good communication.
Donna Johnston –
I’m an avid animal lover so I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve learned so far!
Owen Horn –
The wording of some of the questions is a bit hard to decipher. Doing it on my own so far so haven’t worked with the tutor yet.
Jade Brown –
Just started and it’s going good! Pretty easy so far, not as hard as I thought it would be. Good communication.
Logan Shute –
Great really enjoying it
Jessie Fei –
Thanks for your help!
Keaton Wells –
It’s awesome – replied fast easy answer to understand 🙂
Knew exactly what I was talking about and helped me fix my problem 🙂
Rachel McEvoy –
quick email reply.
Jenny Sharpe –
I decided to enrol with The Career Academy because I needed a course I could do from home. A bit more on grooming dogs would have been invaluable as that’s the field I wish to take but in saying that I really enjoyed learning about the other aspects of this course and looking forward to doing more studies through you, I would like more info packs on dog grooming courses please. Still excellent overall.