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K - knowledge
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S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S3 - assisting and caring
S4 - management skills
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S6 - handling and moving
S6.0 - handling and moving
S6.1 - sorting and packaging goods and materials
S6.2 - moving and lifting
S6.3 - transforming and blending materials
S6.4 - tending plants and crops
S6.5 - assembling and fabricating products
S6.6 - making moulds, casts, models and patterns
S6.7 - using hand tools
S6.9 - handling animals
S6.9.0 - handling animals
S6.9.1 - tending and breeding animals
S6.9.2 - tending and breeding aquatic animals
S6.9.3 - moving and herding animals
S6.9.4 - hunting, trapping and slaughtering animals
S6.9.5 - feeding and grooming animals
- bathe dogs
- care for living pets in the store
- carry out feeding operations
- clean horse's legs
- customize diets to animals
- cut pig's teeth
- dock pig's tail
- dry dog's coat for further treatment
- feed broodstock
- feed livestock
- feed pets
- handle pigs
- implement fin fish feeding regimes
- maintain pastures
- manage stable
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- plan aquatic resources feeding regimes
- plan dog grooming work
- provide facilities for animal grooming services
- provide nutrition to animals
- style a dog's coat
S6.9.6 - training animals
S6.9.7 - providing therapy or veterinary treatment for animals
S6.11 - cleaning
S6.12 - washing and maintaining textiles and clothing
S6.13 - handling and disposing of waste and hazardous materials
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
T - transversal skills and competences

groom animals

skills

handling and moving

handling animals

feeding and grooming animals

groom animals

Description

Description

Prepare the environment for grooming, select the correct grooming equipment and grooming methods for the animal. Apply occupational health and safety principles, of basic animal anatomy and physiology, including the identification and reporting of any abnormalities.

Alternative Labels

carry out animal grooming

carry out cat grooming

carry out dog grooming

carry out pet grooming

groom cats

groom companion animals

groom dogs

groom pets

provide animal grooming

provide hygienic care and cleaning of animals

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skill

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sector specific skills and competences

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders and with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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Current version: ESCO v1.2 (Last update 15/05/2024)