Dog Grooming

Keen to study Dog Grooming by distance learning? Do you love dogs? Have you ever thought about making it a career? There are over 8 million dogs in the UK, with a significant growth in dog grooming, as people are keen to emulate celebrities like Paris Hilton and Kelly Osborne who are never seen without a faithful pup by their side.

It gives you a chance to interact with dogs, and includes valuable advice on setting up your own business and make a living looking after our canine cousins. This course is suitable both for beginners and those with an established background with dogs.

At UK Open Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course to ensure you are ready for your examinations.

There are no entry requirements, however as the course requires a great deal of time, effort and attention to detail, it is not suitable for anyone with back problems or repetitive motion injuries.

We recommend you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the NCFE Level 3 Award in Dog Grooming. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in 6 months.

Unit 1: Man's History with Dogs. Unit 2: Dog Breeds. Unit 3: Types of Coat. Unit 4: Types of Coat. Unit 5: Equipment Required. Unit 6: Safety Measures. Unit 7: Grooming. Unit 8: Terriers. Unit 9: Spaniel Breeds. Unit 10: Setter Breeds. Unit 11: Drop Coat Breeds. Unit 12: The Law and You.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

Students are assessed through a series of tutor marked assignments based on their application of the course content there is no final exam.  The assignments take the form of a series of structured questions. There is no word count for these assignments, however you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.