Variable
Combination
6 months
Next intake
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13 hours
8 hours
$17,340
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
This course is currently scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday with day classes and Friday with morning classes. This timetable may change and will be confirmed by your teacher.
Assessments give you the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learnt and to identify the knowledge or skills that may need further development.
Knowledge assessments: multiple choice questions, matching questions, true or false questions and
short question answers
Practical skills assessments: demonstrations under observation
Project assessments: research tasks
Work placement provides you with opportunities to respond to situations and circumstances that cannot be replicated in a learning or simulated environment. Work placement strengthens your training and supports continued learning and assessment in the workplace.
Due to the practical nature of this course, you will need to complete at least 120 hours of onsite learning with your employer or through your own farriery business for unit ACMFAR405.
You will also complete 2160 hours of unstructured workplace activities. You are responsible for arranging your own work placement. Our team can offer support and guidance to assist you.
To complete this course, the following materials are required:
You will need to provide for yourself the following resources which you will keep when you complete your study:
You must have a reliable device/computer and WIFI connection
To make sure this delivery option is the right fit for you, we will need you to demonstrate that you can meet the additional requirements below.
There may be options available for you to study as a non-apprentice. To be eligible as a non-apprentice, you must:
To be enrolled in this course, you need to be able to provide evidence that you are:
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate IV in Farriery qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 21 units of competency, including 21 core and 0 speciality units.
Core units are central to the job outcomes of a particular industry or occupation. These are the units industry has agreed are essential to be capable and qualified at a particular study level.
Learn through a combination of classroom based, online and/or workplace activity. For example, you may participate in scheduled classroom activity, have an element of self-directed learning with online content, and/or receive supervised training while on the job, doing work experience, or on placement.
Classroom activity will be scheduled, but online learning can provide more flexibility. Teacher support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.
TAFE NSW Scone is located in the upper Hunter Valley in Scone, a town known as the horse capital of Australia. Conveniently situated next to the racecourse and the Equine Research Centre, TAFE NSW Scone features state-of-the-art stables, a riding area, and farrier’s workshop. Also located on site is Hunter Local Land Services, who provide local landholders with greater access to services and advice in agricultural production, natural resource management, biosecurity and emergency management.
26 Main St, Scone 2337
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
Scone Station is 300 metres from campus.
TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.
Agricultural training facility
Equine studies centre featuring
Farrier’s workshop
Riding arena
Stables
Veterinary nursing training centre
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