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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S3 - assisting and caring
S4 - management skills
S5 - working with computers
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
- groom animals
- 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
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

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style a dog's coat

skills

handling and moving

handling animals

feeding and grooming animals

style a dog's coat

Concept overview

Description

Style and finish a dog's coat using various trimming methods. Make sure to follow the standards for how different breeds should look.

Scope note

The vast majority of animal groomers work as dog groomers exclusively.

Alternative Labels

apply techniques of dog grooming

beautify a dog's coat

conduct technique of dog grooming

finish a dog's coat

follow standards of dog grooming

style and finish a dog's coat

style dogs' coats

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

occupation 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)