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Chapter 7

Educational Opportunities

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Apprenticeships

What if you could learn to become a full-charge pet groomer by apprenticing under one? Sound great? It certainly could be. The good news is that apprenticeships are available, but opportunities are limited. The bad news is that we used the word “limited.” Do you know why apprenticeships are not commonly available? It involves the grooming industry’s past.
 

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For a very long time groomers have taken on apprentices. Most employers will agree results can be very mixed. Imagine you provide a wage and apprenticeship to a career seeker and once the trainee felt they had acquired enough knowledge and experience, they quit their employment! Unfortunately this scenario has been played out thousands of times. It gets worse.

Sometimes the departing apprentices open competitive businesses down the block! Some even took their employer’s client list! How unfortunate for today’s career seekers that so many of their predecessors have stained the reliability of offering apprenticeship opportunities.

You are likely to find that “burned” employers simply don’t make the same mistake twice and rarely, if at all, offer apprenticeships.

Don’t rule out an apprenticeship if one interests you. Review the PetGroomer.com Help Wanted Classified Ads updated several times a week. Be honest and faithful to our fellow groomers offering you these opportunities.

Consider honoring them back and stay employed with them a reasonable period of time once you are capable of being a standalone groomer, and give them plenty of advance notice when you do quit employment. You are affecting the future for tomorrow’s career seekers.

One of the key differences between apprenticeships versus fee-based education is time. Educational opportunities immerse you in the challenges of education daily because curricula hours are set. Apprentice groomers can achieve the same education but the length of time is in the control of employers. It’s a trade-off sometimes. On the other side of the coin, apprenticeships cost nothing and usually include wages while learning.

Other Training Programs

PETCO, PetSmart and Best Friends Pet Care offer training programs. There are others but these are the ones we are more familiar with and these companies have long been active working with PetGroomer.com. If you cannot afford a school, home study or find an apprenticeship, their career path may be ideal for you. Even if money is not the determining factor in your education choice, working in a corporate environment may be right for you. Unlike the majority of grooming jobs in independents the wages while you learn can be very appealing and employee benefits are common. There are thousands of pet groomer jobs in independents that offer little or no benefits when not required by employment law.

We are pleased that these major corporations have introduced new career training opportunities on such a large scale.

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