Employment Opportunities


Pet Design usually has employment opportunities for experienced pet groomers. Training is also available for personnel in the hairdressing industry with scissoring skills who have a love of animals and would like a change of career. Occasionally there are  positions for beginners involving a traineeship of two to four years.

Employment can be full time, part time or casual and wages are above award*.

For enquiries phone 9876 3336.

*HAIR AND BEAUTY (STATE) AWARD (Award ID:372).

   

SO YOU WANT TO BE A PET GROOMER!


I have found that being a pet groomer is a wonderful occupation. It is more than a job it is a lifestyle. A good pet groomer will never be out of work, either working for yourself or any salon.

You will never have to put up with over talkative clients and you get instant feedback on your work. You get to cuddle and pat your clients and have a good feeling knowing that your clients will go home to more of the same making their lives better in the process.

Once you become a dog groomer, your behaviour will change in small, subtle ways. You may not realize it at first but relatives and people who know you will. Here are some ways that I know that I have become a professional groomer as I can identify with each of these events.


I know that I became a dog groomer when:


  • My dog's nails are better cared for than mine

  • I can't remember the last time I went to the hairdresser, but I can't stand it if I see a stray mesh of hair on a dog.

  • I come home from work and my dogs sniff me like their favourite tree

  • I have complete conversations with my dogs

  • I pat someone's dog and catch myself feeling for matts

  • I see a good-looking guy walking his dog in the park and I'm checking out the dog's haircut

  • I spend half an hour each evening picking the dog's hair out of my elbows, arms, etc.

  • I place the value of a retail item based on the number of dogs groomed to make that amount of money e.g.             " That outfit is too expensive, it's a four dog suit."

  • I catch myself growling when I'm angry

  • I receive strange looks when I pop out for lunch or to the bank

  • My dog has a better haircut than I do

  • I recognize the dog in the street before the owner

  • My client's dogs come to visit me without their owners

  • Unless someone barks or meows I don't hear them

  • People that come into the shop judge how busy we are by the amount of hair in the bin, on us and on the floor

  • I refer to my dogs as the "kids"

  • Weekends are one day in length and even then someone calls you to see if you can do his or her dog today

  • I find hair in places I didn't know I had places

  • I drop a pair of scissors and I cringe

  • I know to aim the anus away from my face

  • I know that the most annoying feeling is a hair splinter

  • I get really excited at trade shows

  • I have all the necessary gear at home to do touch-ups on my own dogs

  • I have the right answers for my friends' pet problems

  • I use super-glue instead of a band-aid, because band-aids get wet and fall-off

  • I advise friends on what breeds' to/not to consider buying based on how each breed tends to behave while being groomed


I wonder if you can relate to any of these, if so you are well on your way to becoming a dog groomer




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