What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dog Bather - Seasonal position at Chisholm Creek Pet Resort?
Chisolm Creek Pet Resort is looking for a friendly dog bather to join our passionate team of pet lovers for the spring and summer busy season! Ideal candidate will be a kind, conscientious, and detail-oriented caregiver with a flexible schedule! We strive to provide a safe, fun, and rewarding work environment, with a focus on productive teamwork.
Duties include:
- Performing basic bathing and grooming services (bathing, brushing, and nail trims) on a variety of dog sizes and coat types
- Providing support for our professional grooming staff, including bathing their dogs and providing an extra hand when needed
- Performing consultations with pet parents regarding bathing services, and advising them on the best services we can offer based on their dog’s condition and coat type
- Routinely lifting dogs of all shapes and sizes; team lifting dogs of up to 100 lbs
- Comfort with computers and technology and learning/operating kennel software
- Booking appointments, as well as recording services and invoicing in kennel software
- Calling and communicating with pet parents regarding their dogs’ services and any issues encountered during their appointment
- Developing a familiarity with a variety of grooming products and tools, and their appropriate uses
- Willingness and desire to expand your knowledge on the care of dogs and their varied grooming needs; providing top notch services to return pups to their owners in a clean, healthy, and comfortable state
- Maintaining a clean workspace; leaving grooming workspaces clean, disinfected, and organized and ready for the next day’s appointments Transporting dogs between locations on our 20 acre property
- -this role requires a lot of walking outdoors!
- Performing other duties in the facility as needed when there are no bathing appointments (including but not limited to: laundry, front office help, monitoring play spaces and cleaning) at the groomers’ or general manager’s discretion–bathers are expected to be helping out at all times when they are not bathing dogs!
Pay: Starting at $11 per hour, full time
Shifts are typically 8AM-4PM weekdays. Also need to be available on weekends-Sundays preferrable.
Salary : $11
