Our academy complies with 3 rules related to all of our students since 2015:
No competition, No selling, and all of our students are equal.

1. As one of the education workers, we don’t build up the competition relation to our
students. We don’t organize and participate in any management and operation activities
of pet grooming shops.

2. We do not participate in any selling activities related to pets.

3. We obey the education ideal of teaching every student without discrimulation, whatever any backgrounds and conditions. And we don’t utilize our students for any promotional activities (except with student permission obtained) in pursuit of protecting the privacy of our students.

 ．M01 includes Class C and Class B pet groomer certificates (HK)

．M01 is suitable for people who wanna change their jobs, work in the pet grooming industry or other related professions.

．Students who applied M01 can bridge to KCT-2021, the course for studying the international standard of poodle lamp style trimming, and examining the Class C certificate of Kennel Club of Taiwan (KCT).

Course code

Course title

All-round Class C and Class B pet groomer

certificates Course for startup

Total number of lessons

80 lessons (excluded the lessons for trimming the model dog and wig)
*need to complete all the lessons within 18 months

Certificates will be gained

Class C pet groomer certificate qualified by the International Professional Grooming Association (IPGA) (M01 is labeled on the certificate)

Class B pet groomer certificate qualified by the International Professional Grooming
Association (IPGA)

Course content

Volume 1 Core of basic skills for pet grooming

Volume 2 Pet style of poodle trimming

Volume 3 Core dog breeds for being a professional pet groomer

Volume 4 International standard trimming of poodle lamp style

Volume 5 Japan pet style trimming

Volume 6 Core skills related to pet care and pet grooming

Related tools and teaching materials provided

1.      Textbook x1

2.      School uniform x2

3.      Basic pet grooming tools set (slicker, comb,nail clipper and hemostat)

4.      Scissors set for beginner (straight scissor, curved scissor, and thinning scissor)

5.      Jack Morrison (Taiwan) clippers and blades for beginner

6.      Membership of online study platform of our academy (free for 6 months)

Programme content

no. of lesson(s)

Intended learning outcome(s)

1.

Basic bathing steps of pet (brush their hair/pluck hair inside their ears/clean up their ears/clip hair of their pads, their belly and the hair surrounded their anus/clean up their anal glands/shower/drying)

I.         Steps explanation and demonstration provided by lecturer

II.       Bathing practice of real dog model provided

13 lessons

．Whole set of basic pet grooming, bathing and drying skills
．Handling skills of dog

Basic bone structures and drawing learning
related to pet grooming

I.         Learn and draw the whole body structures of poodle lamp style

II.        Learn and draw the head structures of
poodle pet styles (teddy bear style)

．Understand about the basic bone structure of dogs, pet trimming structure and style

．Learn the basic appearance and style of poodle pet styles

Online study platform revision: Volume 1-Core of basic skills for pet grooming (1-4) 

3.

Basic practices for holding the scissor

I.         The correct way to hold the scissor

II.        The speed, frequency and direction of using scissor to trim the pet

1 lesson

．Know the correct way to hold and use
the scissor during the pet trimming

2D and 3D pet trimming practices

I.        2D trimming (4 legs) method

II.       Round shape trimming (head) method

III.      Strengthen the muscle memory of the speed, frequency and direction of using the scissor

IV.      Correct direction and usage of comb during the trimming

Online study platform revision: Volume 1-Core of basic skills for pet grooming (5)

*** Bathing lesson and trimming practice lesson will not in the order

I.         Bathing examination 

Time limited: 1hour

Passing score: 80 marks

1 lesson

1

Cylinder trimming practice (using model dog and wig)

I.         Study the concept of trimming the balance round-shape

II.        Imitate the situation of holding and using
the scissor to trim the pet hair

2 lessons

．Pose and direction of holding and using the scissor

．Skills of trimming the balance round-shape

4 legs trimming practice (using model dog and wig)

I.         Basic shape of 4 legs of trimming the poodle lamp style

II.        The standing pose of dog for trimming in
Japan’s examination

III.        The pose of holding and using the scissor in Japan’s examination

IV.       Observe the whole body shape correctly

V.       Combination of ratio and image of trimming

．Order of trimming steps

．Correct standing pose of dog model, and the correct usage of scissor

Head trimming: poodle-teddy bear style (using model dog and wig)

I.        3D round-shape trimming practice

II.       Basic poodle pet style grooming (teddy
bear style)

III.      Relationship between different head styles
and skills application

IV.      How to make the change from the basic
pet style to other styles

．Order of trimming steps

．Correct observation point and usage of
scissor during the trimming

．Strengthen the self-confidence and skills when trimming the real dog model

Poodle trimming practice (real dog model)

I.        Basic poodle pet style

II.       Speed trimming of poodle pet style

Online study platform revision: Volume 2: Poodle pet style (teddy bear) programme content (3)

***After finishing the programme content of Volume 2, students should have the ability to apply the examination of PSIA Class C certificate

***lecturer will regulate the content order of lessons, according to the ability of students

1

Core dog breeds practice for being a professional pet groomer (Real dog model)

I.         Poodle Afro style (bichon style and bob style)

II.        Pomeranian pet style (fully manual trimming of ball-shape and boo style)

III.       Schnauzer pet style

Also include the pet style of bichon, shih tzu, pekingese, maltese, yorkshire terrier etc.

9 lessons

Online study platform revision: Volume 3 & 4: Core dog breeds for being a professional pet groomer

1

Poodle lamp style practice

I.       Theory on trimming poodle lamp style

II.      Model dog and wig practices 

(After completing these basic practice lessons, extra practice lessons will not be counted towards the total number of lessons) 

12 lessons

1

Practice for trimming Japan pet styles (wool-like dog model)

I.         Afro/bob style

II.        Japan style of tying pet’s hair on the head

III.       Japan style for setting high-earline style

IV.       Peanut-like head style

4 lessons

Online study platform revision: model dog and wig course (2-5)

3

Cat grooming workshop

2 lessons 

IPGA Class C pet groomer certificate (take the
examination in HK)

Practice examination
Style: basic poodle teddy bear style (clipper+scissor)

Time limited: 120 minutes (exclude the basic grooming steps, bathing and drying)

Passing score: 70 marks

Written examination

Part 1 (MC questions) in 30 minutes
Part 2 (Drawing questions) in 40 minutes

2

IPGA Class B pet groomer certificate (take the
examination in HK)

Style: basic poodle teddy bear style

Time limited: 70 minutes (exclude the basic grooming
steps, bathing and drying)

Passing score: 80 marks

1 lesson

IPGA Class C international standard of poodle lamp
style certificate (take the examination in HK)

Style: international standard of poodle lamp style

Time limited: 120 minutes

Passing score: 70 marks