Level 2 Dog Grooming

Key Facts

Level: 2

Duration: 17 Weeks

Course Code: AN2DYQ004B0

Start Date: September 2026

Awarding Body: City & Guilds

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Code: AN2DYQ004B0

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This dog grooming course is for anyone who wants to work in the dog grooming industry and work their way up.

This course incorporates working with a variety of breeds and coat types in an intimate group, enabling the experienced, highly qualified tutor to provide each candidate with time to build their confidence and skill set. If you are looking to start a career within the dog grooming industry, then this is qualification is aimed at you.

You will gain the practical skills and knowledge that are important for working as a Dog Grooming Assistant enabling you to work for a business or franchise, and it could be based in a salon or a mobile unit.

You could also progress to further learning and training in this area, to be a Dog Groomer and onto the Level 3 Dog Grooming course.

This is a City & Guilds accredited course.

Features and Benefits

With our very own dog grooming salon and industry-expert teaching staff, Brooksby is the place to be if you want to expand your skills or get the qualifications to start your own dog grooming business.

Course Content

This qualification covers the skills you will need to progress to work as a Dog Grooming Assistant.

Mandatory content covers:

Preparing and grooming dogs prior to bathing

Bathing of dogs

Drying dogs and preparing a dog for styling

Carrying out trimming of a dog's coat to prepare for styling

Moving and lifting dogs

Maintaining the cleanliness and biosecurity of the dog grooming environment

Professional conduct

An introduction to anatomical features, breed characteristics and behaviour of dogs You will be assessed by practical assessments, portfolio work and a final externally led examination. This course runs 1 day per week on Thursday OR Friday mornrings, 9:30 - 13:30

Entry Requirements

Applicants will be considered on an individual basis. No formal qualifications needed but you must be 19+ and be competent at working at this level. Applicants should also be prepared to attend all lessons.

Progression Opportunities

Learners may wish to progress onto the Level 3 Dog Grooming qualification.

Fee Information

The government has introduced the earnings threshold as part of a new eligibility criteria that enables learners to be fully funded if they earn below £25,750. The policy entitlement includes learners who are unemployed, employed or self-employed. We will need to see evidence of your gross annual wages in these circumstances. This could be a wage slip or a Universal Credits statement, within 3 months of the learner’s learning start date, or a current employment contract which states gross monthly/annual wages.

If you earn more than £25,750 per annum, or do not meet the wider funding entitlement criteria, then the course can potentially be co-funded, with the cost to you being £546. For queries about a place on this course, or payment options, please contact us at enquiries@loucoll.ac.uk initially and a member of the team will come back to you or pass it through to the course leader to review.