Certificate III in Farriery - ACM30517
Melbourne Polytechnic
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00724G
This qualification provides a trade outcome in farriery. It relates to the work activities undertaken by a farrier who is engaged or employed to provide foot care services to equines with limited supervision in a defined range of varied contexts that may be complex and non-routine. The duties require judgement and the ability to communicate accurately information concerning equine health related to foot care and performance to owners as well as the ability to interpret and relay information covering a variety of circumstances.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication. However, an individual unit of competency may specify relevant licensing, legislative and/or regulatory requirements.
Structure
21 units
Subjects
- Select and fit shoes for normal healthy equines
- Work effectively as a farrier
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
- Handle equines safely during farriery services
- Fit shoes to alleviate moderate faults and defects in equines
- Make standard shoes for a range of equines
- Use power tools/hand held operations
- Perform routine oxy acetylene welding
- Fit shoes to alleviate severe faults and defects in equines
- Use hand tools
- Maintain, repair and manufacture hand tools used in farriery
- Contribute to work health and safety processes
- Determine foot care and shoeing plans for equines
- Control stock
- Perform routine gas metal arc welding
- Perform routine day-to-day farriery activities
- Perform welding tasks using a forge
- Use farriery techniques to meet special needs of equines
- Keep production records for a primary production business
- Respond to emergencies and apply first aid
- Perform routine manual metal arc welding
