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, quizes, 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 (5hours)
    ¶     Business Practices - Farrier/Client relations and Farrier/Vetrinarians relations   
    ¶     Shop safety  (5 hours)
                ¶     Modifying pre-made shoes (73 hours)
                ¶     Horse Handling and Safety / Trimming (70 hours)
                ¶     Incorporating forging skills at the horse learned during shop instruction (75 hours)
                ¶     Conformation and gait analysis and evaluating soundness (5 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 relations and Farrier/Vetrinarians 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 instruction (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 relations and Farrier/Vetrinarians relations (35 hours)
                ¶     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 instruction (130 hours)
                ¶     Conformation and gait analysis and evaluating soundness (15 hours)
                ¶     Practice on skills learned under horse (77 hours)