Introduction to Pet Grooming
Start clipping, properly. This accredited short course takes you from bathing and prep into real grooming: clipping a dog from start to finish across coat types, choosing the right tools and equipment, and safe handling throughout. Best taken after Bathe & Prepare Dogs (or with equivalent industry experience bathing and preparing dogs).
How it works
- Practical component: 3 weeks (15 days) of hands-on training at The Dog Grooming Store.
- Theory component: online via Heiniger Academy, with up to 6 months to complete from enrolment.
- Units of competency: ACMGRM303 Provide sanitary and hygiene grooms for companion animals; ACMGRM304 Provide grooms on cross breed dogs; ACMGRM305 Groom dogs to meet breed style and coat requirements (prerequisite units are incorporated in the skill set).
- Assessment: online short-answer questions and role-play, practical video uploads, and a Grooming Diary of before and after images.
- You'll build and submit a portfolio of work, and on completion receive a Statement of Attainment, usable as credit transfer toward the ACM30122 Certificate III.
Subjects covered
- Correct bathing, brushing and drying processes
- Choosing the correct tool for the job and using products to enhance the groom
- Grooming skills from clipping through to scissor work
Who it's for
Groomers-in-training ready to start clipping, home groomers who want to understand the full process, and industry workers upskilling toward accredited qualifications.
The Dog Grooming Store is not a Registered Training Organisation. This course is delivered in conjunction with Heiniger Academy (RTO 40888), the issuing RTO responsible for AQF certification and for the Statement of Attainment you receive on completion.
Fees and enrolment
| Practical training with The Dog Grooming Store | $5,950 |
| Online theory, paid directly to Heiniger Academy | $410 |
| Total course cost | $6,360 |
- Practical training runs for 3 weeks (15 days), Monday to Friday. Intake dates are set around our Certificate III classes, so register your interest and we'll let you know the next start date.
- Small classes of no more than 3 students, so you get plenty of time on the table with your trainer.
- Places are first come, first served. A $1,500 deposit secures your place, and courses must be paid in full 2 weeks before they start.
- Deposits are non-refundable within 4 weeks of your course start date.
- Payment is by bank transfer only. Register your interest and we'll send you the details.
- Heiniger Academy offers payment plans for the online theory fee.
- Special student pricing on our Groomer Starter Kits is coming soon.
Done Bathe and Prepare Dogs first? Together the two courses cost $7,700 in practical fees and cover the same five grooming units as the Certificate III practical.
Our prices include GST. Heiniger Academy's theory fee is set and charged by Heiniger Academy.