By Malissa Conti-Diener
February 28, 2018
There is so much talk lately about licensing for our industry. We have numerous different fantastic grooming associations to belong to. We have numerous methods to ended up being licensed in breeds, breed groups as well as even in types particular grooming. We do have some choices for those that select to continue to inform themselves as pet groomers/ stylists.
With books, webinars, chat groups as well as much more on the horizon, our market is truly blossoming.
Our trade shows have grown larger as well as larger each year, with amazing groomers, pet experts as well as even veterinarians mentor continuing education classes. These shows grow yearly with much more as well as much more groomers flocking to them from around the world. This illustrates that we, as a collective industry, are hungry for new information.
We want to be kept as much as date on the newest products, services, styles as well as even company practices. numerous of us want the science behind the haircut. We want to offer the very best we can to our customers. We understand we are typically the very first line of defense when a pet concerns us. We see, feel as well as notify our clients about things that we find (that may not be healthy) when grooming. We see animals much more frequently than the veterinarian as well as want to understand exactly how we can assist determine prospective problems, as well as suggest veterinary intervention.
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Why has our market resisted the umbrella of security as well as elevation from specify licensing for so long? Fear. I feel that numerous groomers are afraid of being told they should do their task a specific way. After all, I am sure every singe one of us has heard somebody in our industry, or even ourselves say, “that’s just the method I have always done it as well as my clients are pleased with it, so I don’t requirement to change.”
But modification is inevitable. Our market is altering daily, new products are introduced, as well as new scientific based facts are concerning us at break–neck speed. We requirement this information to offer the very best skin as well as coat care for our clients.
Some demonstration they are just as well busy, or can’t pay for to take classes or go to shows. With our market at a cross road, you can’t pay for not to keep as much as date on what is happening in grooming today. This market is exploding best now, as well as those that are moving ahead will be able to stay afloat in the midst of changes. Not only to our grooming itself, however discovering things like exactly how to navigate with social media, scores sites, marketing as well as more!
No matter if you work for yourself, out of your house or you have a multinational chain of pet grooming salons, you ought to have a set of written requirements to work from. This is what licensing is all about; setting an elevated basic of care. We as an market requirement to be held accountable for the actions we take with our company because our company is working on as well as with living creatures.
There are requirements as well as licensing for numerous different occupations like mechanics, stock brokers, hair dressers, barbers, massage therapists, as well as more. Why are we any type of different? What make us immune to being held to a higher standard? I, for one, want to be looked at as a expert in my industry, not just somebody who chosen up a clipper someday as well as chose to shave animals willy–nilly.
Our market needs to have requirements of care just like cosmetologists do. We requirement to have the complying with in place:
1. Sanitation Standards
This is paramount in our work. We requirement to preserve a clean as well as sanitized atmosphere for the animals that we work with. illness can quickly get a foothold as well as infect numerous animals who come into an unsanitary work environment, therefore spreading it outside the beauty salon to communities. numerous illness are Zoonotic in nature as well as will impact the owners as well as their household as well. Our working conditions include wetness, dampness, animal squander as well as animal bodily fluids—a ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
2. requirements of Care
We ought to have a baseline of exactly how every animal is treated when seeing the groomer, including appropriate methods for holding, bathing, etc. This is for their security as well as ours. We are not veterinarians, as well as ought to not ever treat or diagnose any type of problem a pet may have while in our care. We requirement to work carefully with the pet’s veterinarian to ensure that we can work together for the betterment of the pet’s health. This likewise will assist with weeding out the seedy companies who circumvent their city licensing, insurance coverage as well as other safeguards that are required to ended up being a specify licensed groomer. They will nevenull