IAPF Level One Dressage Credential

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Dressage Credential - LEVEL ONE

• Qualifications:
  • IAPF Regular of Student Member
  • Successful completion of the IAPF Foundation Credential
     
• Farrier earns 24 IAPF Continuing Education credits for successful completion
   
• Process:
  • Farrier will order the package (described below)
  • Farrier will complete the multi-choice verification which accompanies the package using the study guide / reference manual (similar process to Foundation Credential)
  • Farrier will receive a list of shoe modifications that are used with Dressage horses.  The farrier will practice at home forging these modifications using the farrier's own "signature style" to fit a set of steel templates
  • At a verification site, the farrier will bring with him/her the modifications which he/she has forged.  He/She will be asked to forge 2 or 3 of the modifications to demonstrate that they are able to forge the modification in their "signature style" and fit the steel template
  • Also at the verification site, participants will have an in-depth discussion about the common lamenesses of the dressage horses
  • Once completed and the farrier earns the "Dressage Credential"
  • He/she will be required to renew the Dressage Credential every 3 years
     
• Level One Package includes:
  • Study Guide / Reference Manual
  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Answer sheets
  • Steel templates
  • List of modifications (farrier will need to identify applications and uses for each modification)
  • Verification day fees (verification sites will be identified throughout the United States and Canada based upon the number of farriers who wish to complete the practical portion.  The IAPF Board of Directors has also approved a virtual system to allow farriers in other countries to complete the practical portion.
     
• Cost $380.00

CLICK HERE TO ORDER LEVEL ONE OF THE IAPF DRESSAGE CREDENTIAL.