NY: Bather/Groomer Trainee

YOUR GROOMING CAREER:

Start your career in grooming as a Groomer Trainee! As a Groomer Trainee in our Grooming Salon, you&rsquoll have the opportunity to build personal relationships with your clients each time they visit and truly become a part of their family. You&rsquoll get to know their pets&rsquo styles and personalities to create a customized, stylish experience just for them! From that first shampoo to that final strut home, you&rsquoll take pride in the services you provide!

GROOMED FOR GREATNESS:

You bring the passion, and we’ll bring the training. Petsmart offers a training program that will set you up for success.

• Stage 1– Bather: Jump start your education by getting hands-on experience with our pets. These pets become our own pets while they are in our care, so our number one priority is to get safety certified. Under the guidance of the salon leader, you&rsquoll begin your training as a bather and learn about different dog breeds and styling. You&rsquoll help to get the dogs comfortable in our salon and spend time bathing them, trimming their nails and providing support to groomers throughout the pet&rsquos stay.
• Stage 2– Grooming Academy: After getting some experience under your belt (well, smock!), you&rsquoll attend our Grooming Academy! You&rsquoll have 4 weeks in a classroom environment, gaining insights from our experienced Academy Trainers. You&rsquoll dive in deeper into breed styling, caring for different dog breeds, and get comfortable with tools and clippers. As an added bonus, at graduation, you&rsquoll receive a free tool kit worth over $600!
• Stage 3&mdashGroomer Trainee: You&rsquoll put your brand-new education and fancy new tool kit to work when you head back to our salon. With the leadership and oversight of experienced groomers, you&rsquoll begin to groom all different breeds and sizes of dogs. We have a target of 200 dogs to ensure you get the experience and diversity you need.
• Stage 4&mdashPet Stylist in Training: Now it&rsquos time for you to really hone your skill set. You&rsquoll build relationships with your own clients, advise on styles, suggest new services and share in the joy that comes with a client picking up their freshly coiffed pet. It&rsquos the best thing in the world, well, that free tool kit is pretty great, too!

THE WARM AND FUZZIES:

We&rsquove highlighted job responsibilities and programs as best as we could above&mdashbut the best parts of working at PetSmart can&rsquot be fully described in the job description. 

• It&rsquos the pride of the giving Mickey a makeover in our salons watching him strut his stuff on the way out. Paws off, ladies, he&rsquos taken!
• It&rsquos the excitement of Walter&rsquos wagging tail during his bath or Sadie&rsquos smile after her teeth are cleaned.
• It&rsquos the gussying up of Gizmo for this year&rsquos holiday photoshoot. (Fun fact: many of our groomers receive holiday cards from their clients!)
• It&rsquos the little things we do that add up to really big things that pets need.

Working at PetSmart is not a job, it&rsquos a community of those who work together for the love of pets.

Apply now to experience a career that loves you back.

The New York wage range for this position is $15.00 to $26.00 per hour. This position is paid on an hourly basis. Exact rate of pay will be based on location, position, and experience level. In no instance will PetSmart pay less than the minimum wage for the location in which you have applied. This position is also eligible for benefits as described at https://benefits.petsmart.com/us/.

This job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work associates/leaders assigned to this job perform. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities. You will be provided a copy of a job description for the actual position you are hired in to.

PetSmart is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local law.

Applicants must be over the age of 18 (except in Montana or where otherwise required by local or state law)

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