Casual Pet School Trainer - Petbarn Bedford

Petbarn; Australia; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Petbarn Bedford is seeking a confident puppy school trainer to join on a casual/part-time basis. You will deliver dog training classes and one-on-one sessions, while completing retail onboarding and store procedures.

The role requires passion for animal behaviour, strong communication, and ability to work in a busy retail environment. You should be reliable, able to present training, and work autonomously with flexibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in animal behaviour and training is essential.
• Commitment to the care of pets and ongoing learning.
• Confidence in public speaking and presenting training.
• Ability to work autonomously in a casual/part-time role.
• Positive reinforcement-based training knowledge is valued.

Responsibilities

• Deliver dog training classes and one-on-one dog training.
• Complete onboarding including retail training and store procedures.
• Work with dogs of various sizes and potentially other species.
• Be reliable, present training well, and adapt to a needs-based schedule.

Skills

Animal behaviour

Public speaking

Retail experience

Team player

Willingness to learn

Positive reinforcement training

Education

Animal studies qualifications

Job description

Casual Pet School Trainer - Petbarn Bedford

Location:Bedford - 347

At Petbarn, Australia’s speciality pet leading retailer, we're passionate about making the world a happier place through the love of pets! This great opportunity at Petbarn as a Casual or part timePet School Trainer will suit a pet-passionate animal enthusiast looking to work with a great brand while also growing your pet training career. Strong retail leadership experience is essential to be successful in this role!

We are looking for a confident bright puppy school trainer to work on acasualbasis in our Bedford Petbarnstore.

The successful candidate will have:

• Passion for animal behaviour and training.
• Commitment to the care of pets
• Confidence in public speaking and presentation experience
• High integrity, and be highly motivated and proactive
• Composure under stress and pressure
• The ability to communicate with clients of all pet experience levels with ease
• Ideally some retail experience working with a high volume, disciplined retailer
• Ability to work within a team
• Animal studies qualifications will be highly regarded
• A commitment to ongoing learning and improvement in the field of science-based animal training.
• Positive reinforcement-based training experience or qualifications are highly regarded.

Your primary role will be delivering dog training classes and one on one dog training. Your initial onboarding will also include retail training and store procedures as well as in depth training of our Pet School classes and operations.

This is a casual role, and you will be offered shifts on a needs bases that suits your availability. The ideal candidate must be reliable, have an ability to present and deliver training, and be flexible and able to work autonomously.

You must be willing to deliver the pet training content as provided to you to remain within our animal welfare and ethics guidelines, as well as undertaking regular paid training sessions with our senior Trainers to refresh and improve your skills.

As part of your responsibilities, you must be physically fit and capable so as to handle dogs of all sizes as reasonably expected of the role. You may be required to lift heavy items up to 20kg (e.g.,bags of dog food). In your training role you will likely be required to work with species other than dogs as well in the future (i.e., kitten/cat and aquatic classes).

This position is available at: Bedford - 347
68 Walter Road
Bedford
6052 Western Australia View on Map