Scent Detection Dog Handler & Instructor
Reserve your place in the next cohort. Limited spaces, book now!
You will achieve recognition as an excellent Scent Detection Dog Trainer
Without recognised credentials, you're stuck competing on price while some potential clients choose "certified" competitors. In today's market, credibility and recognised credentials will make you stand out from the rest.
Join the elite and learn from three weeks of face-to-face teaching plus online support!
This elite standard certification positions you as the expert clients seek out and want to learn from you.
Three intensive weeks of direct learning, then continuous support that never ends. Ongoing advice, webinars, resources, and exclusive practitioner communities. You'll master proven techniques backed by professional tools that deliver real results.
Gain that all-important confidence, and take away a full training programme for your use.
Join the College of Scent Dogs and gain the confidence, knowledge, practical skills, and deeper understanding needed to inspire others, develop exceptional scent detection teams, and make a genuine difference to the lives of dogs and their handlers.
The Scent Detection Programme
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Monday 1st - Friday 5th March 2027
Week One Foundations. Developing excellent foundations to take your knowledge forward.
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Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th May 2027
Week Two: Bank Holiday Monday! (Covered by Online Learning) Advanced techniques and systematic search.
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Monday 6th - Friday 10th Sept. 2027
Week Three: Understand how to create engaging courses that not only draw in clients but also keep them coming back
Your investment
£2,999 + VAT.
That is £3,598.80 in total, or from just £10 a day over 12 months.
One investment in three intensive weeks that gives you a genuine City & Guilds Assured Credential and a career that clients will search for.
You get City & Guilds Digital Credentials — the UK's only City & Guilds Assured scent detection certificate that clients recognise and trust.
You get a new income — run your own classes and workshops; the fee soon pays for itself, then every booking is yours to keep.
You get real, hands-on training — three weeks learning directly with Dr Robert Hewings and an excellent team, so you leave knowing exactly what to do.
You get support for life — resources, webinars, expert advice and a friendly community, long after the course ends.
You get to stand out — clients choose you over untrained trainers, so you can charge what you are worth.
You get to spread the cost — from less than £10 a day over 12 months.
You get £300 off — save over £300 when you pay in full.
Best offer: save 10% when you pay in full, that is over £300 off. Prefer to spread it? Our easy payment scheme lets you pay from £10 a day over up to 12 months.
Easy Payment Scheme
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Our Training Location
Location: Statfold Barn Railway. Ashby Rd, Tamworth B79 0BU.
The postcode/SatNav may take you away from ‘Statfold Barn Railway’. We also have ‘What Three Words’ that can help, holds.soup.code for the front entrance and hails.games.reason for the entrance to the classroom, where there is plenty of parking outside.
Timings: 09:00 – 16:00: Tea, Coffee and ‘Posh Biscuits’ provided.
Accommodation: Our training venue offers camping, caravan and motorhome hook-ups, with large exercise areas for your dog. This accommodation is available at an additional cost, via our venue managers, info@statfold.com
The booking secures a place for yourself and one dog. However, some people choose to bring two dogs, but these need to be rotated within your allocated ‘training/search slot’.
The first day of all our courses is predominantly classroom-based theory lessons, with plenty of breaks for you to exercise your dogs, and all our parking is within a private, safe and secure area.
Full joining instructions will be sent upon booking.