What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dog Grooming Assistant position at Window Services?
Do you want to work for a premier dog grooming agency in Evegreen. Great ownership and leadership. A well-groomed dog gets more hugs and has a better quality of life. A human with a well-groomed dog finds more ways to love their pet than reasons to complain about them. Let us help your dog to successfully live in the human world.
Full Job Description
Do you LOVE Dogs? This is the place for you! Do you CARE deeply and have a passion to provide a safe and loving environment for them to interact and play. Do you believe in doing everything with EXCELLENCE? If you answered yes to these questions, we would love for you to come join our team!
We will strive to ensure that your experience here is both a positive and rewarding one. Our goal is to serve our clients, the dogs and our team with EXCELLENCE! To treat our clients’ dogs as family, we should always view them as deserving of respect and LOVING care.
Dogs are full of unconditional LOVE. And it’s our duty to CARE enough to give some of that back with EXCELLENCE!
If you are wanting to join a compassionate, positive, and knowledgeable team, look no further!
START YOUR GROOMING CAREER TODAY:
This is a valuable opportunity to learn a skill that will be rewarding and profitable. All you need to do is bring a passion and a dedication to learn, and a commitment to achieving the skills required to become a professional groomer.
This on the job training starts with the entry level position as a bather and groomer's assistant.
In this position you will need to maintain a level of EXCELLENT customer service. You need to be attentive to detail and able to take instructions well. It is important to exhibit cooperation and teamwork with ALL departments.
Primary Responsibilities
- Reliability is a must, we are caring for precious pets
- Help to maintain and promote a positive culture
- Oversee and interact with dogs of all sizes with Comfort & Confidence
- Maintaining a safe and positive experience for the dogs by upholding our Dog Safety SOP
- Maintain a clean work environment
- Able to lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time
- A consistent work ethic
- Clear, Consistent, Communication
Essential Skills
- A passion for dogs, a gentle touch and a calm demeanor
- Able to work at a fast pace
- Brushing, Detangling and removing matted hair
- Bathing, providing a safe and positive bathing experience for the dogs. Plus expressing anal grands & Drying the hair
- Tidy Details: Cleaning the ears, Trimming nails, Cleaning & scooping paw pads, Trimming the visor.
- Accommodating special requests from the clients and informing them of any health problems discovered during the grooming process.
- Interpersonal skills: The ability to work well with others, such as other teams in the facility, clients, and fellow groomers
- Analytical skills: The ability to assess the behavior and condition of each dog.
- Physical and mental stamina: The ability to work with large, overly excited, or frightened dogs without getting hurt or injuring the dog
- Familiarity with animal behavior: The ability to determine an animals behavior and use techniques to keep them calm and safe.
- Ability to clean thoroughly,
- Be teachable, take direction, self motivated and willing to work hard
- Ability to walk dogs of all sizes on leashes
- Comfortable working around pet hair
- Team oriented: Always willing to step up and step in to accomplish daily tasks and goals.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Work Location: One location
Salary : $15 - $0