| SCHOOL TRAINING HOURS: OSHS is
licensed and approved by the OBPVS to offer the training hours in Clock or Contact Hours,
where 60 resident training hours equals 60 (sixty) minutes. |
PROGRAM:
Six-Week Horseshoeing
Course
TRAINING HOURS: 300 Clock Hours
TUITION AND FEES: See Addendum
CLASSES: |
| Classes are held Monday through
Friday from 8a.m. until 5p.m. This OSHS program is performance based, which means that all
students must reach a required proficiency. To assist students in the undertaking an
additional 60 hours of video instruction and forge time is required. As necessary,
additional after-hours study and practice are highly encouraged and recommended! |
| Class Hours consist of instructional and
practical experience as follows: |
|
| Hours |
Resident Hands-on Supervised Curriculum |
| 30 |
Classroom lectures by staff instructors on anatomy and
corrective shoeing |
| 120 |
Practical horseshoeing hot and cold in the shoeing classroom |
| 42 |
Forge work including creating handmade plain and corrective
shoes from bar stock and instruction in making specialty tools |
| 48 |
Horseshoeing in the field using the portable shoeing rig |
| 60 |
Video and forge work
“MANDATORY” |
| _____________________________ |
| 300 |
Total Clock Hours |
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Lunch: One hour break around
noon as determined by the instructor.
Break: Class’s break at 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. for a 15-minute coffee
break. |
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Student Teamwork
Practice Makes Perfect
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