Dog Grooming Assistant – Apprentice

Soap and Furry have an exciting opportunity to join Stamford’s High Street pet grooming salon as an Apprentice Grooming Assistant. An opportunity for the right candidate working as part of a close knit team, you’ll be supporting and learning from level 3 qualified groomers on the job and joining our small team.

We are a fast-paced salon, the role will be rewarding and challenging. We are looking for an animal-loving person who’s hard working, caring, reliable and takes pride in their day to day activities.

The apprentice will learn the key skills needed to become a successful Dog Groomers Assistant. Tasks and skills include but are not limited to:

• Greeting and welcoming customers.
• Grooming, including assessing health, bathing, drying, brushing and trimming a diverse range of dogs.
• Trimming nails, cleaning ears and cleaning teeth.
• Meeting the welfare needs during the groom.
• Provide customer service from the point of drop off through to collection for the customers and their dogs.
• Taking payments, answering calls, offering and booking appointments, day to day cleaning / maintenance of the salon.
• Getting involved and creating social media content.
• The apprenticeship will be based at our salon in Stamford, training will be provided by Northern Education and Training College. Work based so the apprentice does not need to attend college, they will be assigned an assessor, who they will be able to contact weekdays between 9.30 and 4.30. All theory will be delivered remotely online by the allocated assessor, who will be in regular contact and complete 4-6 weekly reviews.

The position is part time for the duration of the apprenticeship. Some time will be allocated for theory during working hours, however the majority will be expected to be completed outside of work.