About this role
Farriers inspect, trim and shape horses hooves, and form, fit and nail horseshoes.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Farrier include:
- selects metal stock for job requirements
- heats metal in forges and furnaces and hammers, punches and cuts metal using hand tools and machine presses
- tempers and hardens finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
- prepares horses' hooves for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Farrier
Showing:
1–2 of
2 courses
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 3 years
- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Certificate IV in Farriery
ACM40818
- Apprenticeship
- On-the-job training
- 4 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available