Spa Time Pets is a rapidly growing dog grooming business looking for a new apprentice to start their journey in dog grooming.

Requirements

• GCSE in English (grade 4)
• GCSE in Maths (grade 4)
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Patience

Responsibilities

• Assisting with grooming, cleaning, and providing basic medical care
• Assisting customers with their inquiries and provide excellent customer service
• Maintaining a clean and organised shop environment
• Receiving and stock inventory
• Assisting with pricing and tagging merchandise
• Operating a digital booking system and handle transactions accurately
• Performing heavy lifting as needed
• 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, 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

Benefits

• Wage: £13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age (National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices)
• Training course: Dog groomer (level 2)
• For the right candidate there may be the option to progress into a full-time dog groomer role.

Application Process

• Closes in 24 days (Friday 27 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
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About Spa Time Pets

Spa Time Pets are a rapidly growing dog grooming business with big plans for growth and are dedicated to making sure their client's dogs not only looks great but feel great to.

Contact

• Training provider: HADDON TRAINING LIMITED
• Contact: Emma Openshaw
• Email: emma.openshaw@haddontraining.co.uk
• Phone: 01443749000
• Reference code: VAC2000018528