Apply for recognition as a farrier's apprentice farrier

• You submit the application including the required evidence to the responsible body
• They will check whether all the requirements for state recognition have been met
• If the examination is positive, you will be granted state recognition as a farrier trainer

Please contact the Supervisory and Service Directorate - Department 4 (ADD).

Alternatively, you can contact the Single Point of Contact in Rhineland-Palatinate.The Single Point of Contact is a public body through which you can handle all administrative procedures and formalities required for the commencement and exercise of your service activity and for the recognition of a foreign professional qualification. Further information can be found on the website of the Point of Single Contact.

• Website - Single point of contact Rhineland-Palatinate

State recognition as an apprentice farrier is granted if the following requirements are met:

• State recognition as a farrier,
• at least five years' experience as a farrier,
• annual attendance of further training courses during this period,
• the required professional and occupational pedagogical knowledge and
• a successfully passed examination to become an apprentice farrier.

For training completed in Germany:

• Identity document
• state recognition as a farrier or farrier's assistant,
• at least five years' experience as a farrier,
• annual attendance of further training courses during this period and
• the required professional and occupational knowledge,
• a successfully passed examination to become an apprentice farrier.

For persons with examination certificates obtained outside Germany:

• Identity document,
• equivalent examination certificate,
• proof of the reliability required to exercise the profession (application for a certificate of good conduct or submission of a confirmation from the country in which the examination certificate was obtained, which shows that no violations of animal welfare have been committed,
• at least five years' experience as a farrier or farrier's assistant,
• annual attendance of further training events during this period and
• the required professional and occupational knowledge.

Is based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the federal state or on the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under federal state law.

Recognition as an apprentice farrier: 300.00 EUR to 500.00 EUR

If you have submitted an application for recognition, the responsible office will process it promptly.

• § 2 Farriery Ordinance (HufBeschlV)
• § 3 Hoof trimming law
• § 4 Farriery Recognition Ordinance
• § 5 Farriery Act

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on national law), administrative court action

• Forms available: No
• Written form required: Yes
• Informal application possible: No
• Personal appearance necessary: No

Anyone who intentionally or negligently carries out farriery and hoof trimming as a farrier or specialist training at farriery schools as a farriery instructor without the required state recognition is acting in breach of the regulations (Section 9 HufBeschlG).

20.12.2024