The Modern Grooming Professional™

A $99 professional certification that formalizes safe handling, behavior awareness, and modern salon standards.

Designed for groomers, bathers, assistants, and salon teams, regardless of where or how you learned.

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The MGP™ establishes a shared professional standard focused on injury prevention, humane handling, and salon-ready best practices.
A modern certification that supports how grooming professionals work today and the standards clients and teams increasingly expect.

How MGP Fits Into Salon Life

 

  • Complete MGP alongside your regular work schedule

  • Apply what you learn immediately in day-to-day grooming decisions

  • Start with the track that fits your current role and experience

  • Learn at your own pace with lifetime access, no deadlines

  • Earn a recognized professional credential without stepping away from the salon

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Behavior & Humane Handling

Stress recognition, safer handling choices, and injury prevention in live grooming situations.

Skin & Coat Care Knowledge

Skin function, coat health, and informed product use that support animal well-being.

Salon Safety &

 Best Practices

Safety protocols and professional practices that protect pets, groomers, and businesses.

Why the Modern Grooming Professional™ Exists
The grooming industry has changed, and professional education needs to change with it.

Built to reflect today’s grooming industry, not the one that existed decades ago.

The MGP Certification

The MGP Certification

For $99.00

Affordable • Scalable • Attainable 

Each track includes 8 focused modules and 20+ hours of salon-ready instruction, with lifetime access so you can move at your own pace and revisit material whenever you need a refresher.

💬 Salon-Ready Instruction
Daily grooming, handling, and safety decisions.

🧰 Practical Tools
Ready-to-use checklists and guides.

👥 Professional Community
Continued learning through IAPEG and the Scholar Lounge.

♾️ No Deadlines
Move at your own pace.

The Modern Grooming Professional™ was developed by three leaders in grooming education, each contributing a core pillar of modern professional practice.
Together, they built a certification grounded in behavior, safety, skin and coat health, and salon standards, with one goal: protecting pets while supporting professionals.

Just want the training? That’s completely fine.

Certification is not required to participate in the MGP™ tracks.
You’re welcome to complete the education without activating the credential.

Education is open. Recognition is protected.

You can complete the MGP™ training and access all educational content without activating certification.

To earn the MGP™ professional title and formal recognition, an active IAPEG Professional or Climbing Tier membership is required. This membership supports ongoing professional standards, continuing education, and credential oversight.

  • IAPEG membership: $80 annually

  • Activation: A simple $80 invoice is sent after checkout if you’re not already a member

  • CEUs: Included with membership

  • Policy: This purchase is non-refundable

The MGP™ gives you the knowledge, tools, and professional support to make safer decisions, work more confidently, and uphold modern salon standards every day.

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