Farrier (322113)

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Selecting metal stock for job requirements
• Heating metal in forges and furnaces and hammering, punching and cutting metal using hand tools and machine presses
• Tempering and hardening finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
• Preparing electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming, and applying solution to the objects to be coated
• Setting and adjusting controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects
• Preparing horses' hooves for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves
• Cutting, trimming, shaping and smoothing stock to form mould patterns
• Filling boxes with sand and setting patterns in place, and pouring molten metal into moulds
• Applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds
• Finishing metal and articles by polishing and buffing and applying shellac, lacquer, paint and other finishes