Who or what decides if a person is a farrier

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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    north of Bristol ?
    chris bunting, Mar 6, 2013
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    ray steele Administrator

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    Jissus Chris,

    your pic makes you look slightly younger than that! great photog.

    Ray
    ray steele, Mar 6, 2013
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    photos dont always tell the truth
    chris bunting, Mar 6, 2013
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    ray steele Administrator

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    you mean it could be worse.....! shyte

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    ray steele, Mar 6, 2013
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    ray steele Administrator

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    Which Exams?

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    ray steele, Mar 6, 2013
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    Tom Bloomer Well-Known Member

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    Same way they knew they had a qualified doctor, lawyer, painter, carpenter, minister, nurse . . .
    Tom Bloomer, Mar 6, 2013
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    ray steele Administrator

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    Which was?

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    ray steele, Mar 6, 2013
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    Tom Bloomer Well-Known Member

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    They said what they did and people believed them and payed them.
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    What if one was agnostic?

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    ray steele, Mar 6, 2013
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Well are we any clearer on the subject:D
    smitty88, Mar 6, 2013
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    Tom Bloomer Well-Known Member

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    Then the only know that they don't know.
    Tom Bloomer, Mar 6, 2013
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    Justin Decker Active Member

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    Who or what makes the exams qualified to qualify someone!! :)
    Justin Decker, Mar 6, 2013
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    Rick Burten Professional farrier

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    Perhaps
    1. They survived the medical procedure
    2. They stayed out of jail or otherwise won their case
    3. The color(s) was/were exact and didn't wash right off
    4. The house didn't fall down
    5. His name was Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton or Jeremiah Wright
    6. Their name was Mary Ezra Mahoney, Walt Whitman, Clarissa Barton, Florence Nightingale

    :) :) ;)
    Rick Burten, Mar 6, 2013
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    Rick Burten Professional farrier

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    The gov'mint(sic), guns, money. o_O:sneaky::cool:
    Rick Burten, Mar 6, 2013
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    david kelly Dave Kelly

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    That's just stupid Ray who defines a qualified doctor lawyer etc before exams? That's what the meaning of qualified is. You have studied and passed exams to become qualified at something.
    Obviously owners just use/used someone who they believe to do a good job and they are happy with their service, owners havent a clue though so the idea of a qualification system would be to protect horse owners and horses to some small degree, and yes there are still shit qualified farriers but what if you had to go for a triple by pass tomorrow but there was no proper medical education system, there are still shit doctors out there but its still better they have to be qualified to work no??
    david kelly, Mar 6, 2013
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    Bill Adams Active Member

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    As to my qualification, I just keep it simple. I used to introduce my self as The Best Farrier In The World. Now I introduce myself as The Best Farrier In The World Ever.
    I figure who's going to argue? If someone were to challenge me, fine. We'll meet at Big Flat, up the south fork of the Smith River in August (105F, tons of flies), see who can shoe the most horses (that I'll be getting paid for), and who dose the nicer job. If I were to lose the contest, I would just have to say "I'm the second best Farrier in the world".
    Bill Adams, Mar 7, 2013
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    has anybody else noticed that the only folk that winge and whine about recognised qualification/certification are the ones without and always have a reason not too need one , totally boring
    chris bunting, Mar 7, 2013
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    I think we live in a different world chris when it comes to Farriery
    system and training lads/girls
    smitty88, Mar 7, 2013
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    i reckon we live in a different world in general John
    chris bunting, Mar 7, 2013
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    Western Hill Forge Active Member

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    Indeed we do.

    Who or what decides if a person is a farrier?

    In the UK a group of people ( read bureaucrats ) decides. In the US the free market decides.

    Regards
    Western Hill Forge, Mar 7, 2013
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