Students will train in three different aspects presented throughout the courses. All three courses offered at FSHS will include Classroom Instruction (25%) including lecture/discussion, video presentation, quizzes, and testing; Forging Instruction and Practice (25%) including demonstration and hands-on instruction; and Live Horse Trimming and Shoeing (50%) including demonstration and hands-on instruction.
Introduction to Horseshoeing Course
(Six Weeks or 288 clock hours)*
Anatomy & physiology of lower equine limb (40 hours)
Farrier industry history with product identification (5 hours)
Business Practices - Farrier/Client and Farrier/Vetrinarian relations(10 hours)
Independent Study & Practice (10 hours)
Shop safety (5 hours)
Modifying pre-made shoes (73 hours)
Horse Handling and Safety / Trimming ( 70hours)
Incorporating forging skills at the horse learned during shop instr. (75 hours)
Conformation and gait analysis and evaluating soundness (5 hours)
Practice on skills learned under horse (42 hours)
Basic Horseshoeing Course
(Eight Weeks or 384 clock hours)*
Anatomy & physiology of lower equine limb (60 hours)
Farrier industry history with product identification (7 hours)
Business Practices - Farrier/Client and Farrier/Vetrinarian relations(20 hours)
Independent Study & Practice (20 hours)
Shop safety (8 hours)
Modifying pre-made shoes and fabrication of hand-made shoes (70 hours)
Horse Handling and Safety / Trimming ( 90hours)
Incorporating forging skills at the horse learned during shop instr. (60 hours)
Conformation and gait analysis and evaluating soundness (7 hours)
Practice on skills learned under horse (42 hours)
Advanced Horseshoeing Course
(Twelve Weeks or 576 clock hours)
Anatomy & physiology of lower equine limb (80 hours)
Farrier industry history with product identification (10 hours)
Business Practices - Farrier/Client and Farrier/Vetrinarian relations (35 hrs)
Independent Study & Practice (29 hours)
Shop safety (10 hours)
Modifying pre-made shoes and fabrication of hand-made shoes (110 hours)
Horse Handling and Safety / Trimming (80 hours)
Incorporating forging skills at the horse learned during shop instr.(130 hours)
Conformation and gait analysis and evaluating soundness (15 hours)
Practice on skills learned under horse (77 hours)
Journeyman Farrier Course
(Twenty-Four Weeks or 1152 clock hours)
Anatomy & physiology of lower equine limb (100 hours)
Farrier industry history with product identification (20 hours)
Business Practices - Farrier/Client and Farrier/Vetrinarian relations (55 hrs)
Independent Study & Practice (150 hours)
Shop safety (15 hours)
Modifying pre-made shoes and fabrication of hand-made shoes (160 hours)
Horse Handling and Safety / Trimming (130 hours)
Incorporating forging skills at the horse learned during shop instr.(240 hours)
Conformation and gait analysis and evaluating soundness (45 hours)
Practice on skills learned under horse (237 hours)
**Hours are an estimatation and will be flexible depending on the needs of the students.
