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Great Britain Disbands Farrier Training Agency

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 29, 2013 | Posted in Education

Members of the United Kingdom's Farriers Registration Council (FRC) in late June pointed farrier training in an entirely new direction. That's when FRC members voted to disband the National Farrier Training Agency (NFTA) and hand the country's required farrier training over to three colleges that are already training farriers.


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Farrier Apprenticeship Program Suspended In The United Kingdom

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 7, 2013 | Posted in Education
For decades, the British farrier apprenticeship program has been held up as the gold standard throughout the world when it comes to training horseshoers. Yet the highly regulated program came under fire on April 15 when the British government's Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) published a report questioning the effectiveness of the farrier apprenticeship program.
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U.K. Farriers See Benefits From 30 Years Of Licensing

Shoers there offer generally favorable comments about the results of the law
May 1, 2005 | Posted in Education
Farrier licensing adopted in the United Kingdom 30 years ago boosted the careers of shoers there, according to Simon Curtis, a prominent U.K. farrier who often speaks at conferences and clinics in the United States.
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