Farrier

Overview

Inspects, trims and shapes horses' hooves, and forms, fits and nails horseshoes.

Skills

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below. AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

Tasks

• selecting metal stock for job requirements
• heating metal in forges and furnaces and hammering, punching and cutting metal using hand tools and machine presses
• tempering and hardening finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
• preparing electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming, and applying solution to the objects to be coated
• setting and adjusting controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects
• preparing horses' hooves for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves
• cutting, trimming, shaping and smoothing stock to form mould patterns
• filling boxes with sand and setting patterns in place, and pouring molten metal into moulds
• applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds
• finishing metal and articles by polishing and buffing and applying shellac, lacquer, paint and other finishes

Related Occupations

• Blacksmith
• Electroplater
• Metal Casting Trades Worker
• Metal Polisher