We spend a large part of our lives at work, so making the most of this time to develop our skills and abilities is important, enjoyable and worthwhile.
Improving your skills will:
Help you to do your job better
Keep your skills up to date
Help you to progress in your career.
Employers in the farriery industry have identified the following areas which will help their businesses and help you to progress:
Increased attention to detail, quality and animal welfare knowlegde
Farriery businesses have identified these skills as important to customer confidence
Additional technical skills to maintain equipment
Farriers have to ensure that their equipment is in the best working order, both for static or mobile forges
Research and development of new techniques
Farriers have to keep their skills up to date in order to continue practising. Sophisticated knowledge transfer systems are needed to ensure that both employers and employees are up to date
Whatever your age, experience or ambitions, there are qualifications and routes into learning to suit you.