City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma for Professional Dog Stylists

You complete 7 core units:

• Assessment and planning of dog grooming work

• Carry out styling and finishing of dogs

• Promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of animals

• Health checking a dog by a dog groomer

• Hand stripping a dog's coat

• Style and trim a short-legged terrier's coat

• Style and trim a spaniel's coat

NB: Level 3 Certificate in Introductory Dog Grooming is a pre-requisite for the Level 3 Diploma (hence why the same units are in the diploma).

You also choose optional units from group 1, to give you at least 2 additional credits, from:

(Each optional unit has a credit value between 2 and 6 credits.)

• Welcome, receive and care for visitors

• Promote monitor and maintain health, safety and security

• Moving animals between locations

• Handle payments from clients

• Keep stock on sale at required levels in a retail environment

Plus one unit from group 2:

(Each unit has a credit value of 6 credits.)

• Style and trim a poodle’s coat

• Style and trim a long-legged terrier or Schnauzer’s coat

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The City & Guilds Dog Grooming level 3 course consists of two separate components, Certificate in Introductory Dog Grooming and Diploma for Professional Dog Stylists. The first part (Introductory) is able to be taken as a stand-alone qualification, whilst the second part (Professional) is a continuation of the qualification, requiring the marks achieved in the Introductory component to be carried forward in order to achieve the final grade.