Qualification Standard

Authorising body: Ministry of Agriculture
Group of fields: Agriculture and Forestry
Occupation: Eurofarrier
Validity of standard: From 21/10/2022
Qualification level: 3

Qualification Standard

Vocational competence Level

Assessment of horses with regard for their physiology, anatomy and basic healthcare

3

Preparing a farrier´s workplace

3

Assessment of horses before and after the correction of hooves or their shoeing

3

Correction of hooves without shoeing

3

Correction of the colts’ limbs

3

Work procedure and material heating selection in blacksmith furnaces and hearths

3

Manual processing of various types of horse shoes to regular and irregular hooves

3

Manual horse shoe processing

3

Shoeing healthy and regular hooves

3

Classification, correction and shoeing irregular hooves depending on the irregular positions of limbs

3

Treatment of diseased or infected hooves

3

Keeping farrier practice related records

3

Keeping farrier ethics, a code of conduct and farrier practice related regulations

3

Following entities have contributed

The qualification standard was prepared by the Sector Council for agriculture. It has been established and licensed for this activity by the Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic and the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic.

 

Entities represented in the following work group have contributed:

Živnostenské společenstvo podkovářů

Mendelova univerzita v Brně

Veterinární a farmaceutická univerzita Brno - Klinika chorob koní

Ing. Jindřich Vinčálek (OSVČ) - Podkovářská škola, s. r. o.

Š CH K - KUBIŠTA, s. r. o. (Šlechtitelský chov koní)