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Certificate IV in Pet Styling - ACM40617
GOTAFE
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 03654D
This qualification is for persons who are engaged or employed to provide pet stylist services. An experienced pet stylist will know the styling standards for different breeds, understand small animal anatomy and be able to identify pet hygiene issues that may indicate a health concern. In addition to patience and a genuine empathy for animals, a pet stylist must maintain high standards of cleanliness and professionalism. Excellent customer service skills are required and stylists who own or manage a salon will also require good business management and organisational skills. Dogs may be the animal to most commonly visit a stylist, but stylists should be prepared to care for cats and other pets.Job roles covered by this Qualification may include:\tHead stylist\tGrooming Salon owner/manager\tMobile Salon owner/manager.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication. However, an individual unit of competency may specify relevant licensing, legislative and/or regulatory requirements. Specific determination should be sought through the relevant State or Territory.
Subjects
- Enhance customer service experiences
- Manage a small team
- Carry out breed standard styling on dog breed groups
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
- Maintain workplace health and safety processes
- Provide companion animal hydro-bathing services
- Market the small business
- Undertake small business planning
- Provide grooming services for companion animal comfort
- Provide basic care of domestic dogs
- Carry out styling on cats of different breeds and coat types
- Provide professional companion animal grooming services
- Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
- Provide basic first aid for animals
- Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeing
- Monitor and manage small business operations
- Manage the operation of a mobile hydro-bathing facility
- Provide creative styling for dogs
- Perform dog grooms on different coat types
- Receive and handle retail stock
- Manage compliance in the companion animal industry
- Provide basic care of domestic cats
- Assist with conditioning animals
