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the most important one you read in all of PetGroomer.com. Read
carefully every page if you are considering going to a school of grooming.
Your choice of a
school is vitally important to your career. Choosing a school
simply because it is close to your home can be a serious detriment
to your career. Your schooling is an investment in your career of
perhaps a LIFETIME. Find a way to attend the best school that
meets your personal and business career goals. If need be, travel
to attend the school. Overcome the limitations that say you
"cannot" do what is best for your career needs. It's
your professional future and livelihood at stake.
PetGroomer.com offers
career information and a directory of schools of pet grooming as a
convenience to its visitors like you, but we do not represent this
list as being a complete list of all schools of pet grooming. Nor
do we endorse any one school in particular. Use this directory to
help locate your pet grooming school choices. If you do not find a
school listed in a desired area, and you are looking in the U.S.
region, consider checking for a school using CD-ROM business
phonebooks and Internet search engines.
You are wise to ensure
that the institution you select is properly approved to provide
pet grooming education per the appropriate governing bodies and
law applicable to its operating location. We have listed
accreditation and licensing information for some schools as they
provide. It is your responsibility to ensure your school is
currently state licensed before you enroll in the institution.
Most states require schools in their jurisdiction to provide all
prospective students with the name and contact information for the
state agency responsible for licensing a vocational school.
Your first step is to
contact the schools of your interest and request their brochure
(Catalog), and then to thoroughly review the contents and
follow-up with a site tour and interview with the institution's
administration. Not all institutions may offer job placement
programs and tuition assistance. If these are important to you,
discuss the alternatives with the institution's administration.
PetGroomer.com
highly-recommends pet grooming education to persons with an
interest in a career as a pet groomer and pet grooming business
owner. You will of course require more experience following your
education. Not all schools of pet grooming are alike, and you
should comparison shop. Choosing a school simply because it is the
nearest one to your home is not making an informed decision, but
of course, the ultimate decision lies with you. Courses that also
offer some pet grooming management training are preferable even
when your goal is to become employed, and not self-employed.
Understanding the fundamentals of pet grooming management can lead
to more effective and profitable working relationships with your
employer.
If you are seeking
employment as a pet groomer, the most extensive course offered is
likely to be of more benefit to your career. For example, a course
focusing on pet bathing often leads to employment as a "pet
bather" and not employment in more responsible position
commonly associated with the title, "pet groomer."
Generally, the term "pet groomer" refers to someone with
the abilities to not only bathe pets (pet bather), but to also
perform pre-clips (initial trimming duties prior to bathing), and
"finish trimming." It is highly-beneficial for your
finish trimming instruction to expose you to multiple
breed groups and mixed breed pets.
We also recommend
exposure to cat grooming as well. You may encounter the term
"Master Pet Trimmer." It is best used to represent a pet
groomer that has earned the title with significant post-education
experience, and it may be backed with more formal certification.
In summary, if you are seeking pet grooming education in order to
lead to a more stable and profitable career as a "pet
groomer," enroll in the most extensive course offered of at
least 300 to 600 hours, and after graduation, maintain an
aggressive approach toward learning more and more. Become active
in the pet grooming industry. A number of institutions are now
offering "refresher" courses which may interest today's
pet groomers.
There's very important
information awaiting you on the next
page of this Main Menu. You are getting closer to our
Directory of Grooming Schools by going to the next page.
