Posted by Frank on June 11, 2003 at 21:47:02:
In Reply to: Re: Improving business posted by Paul Roberson on June 09, 2003 at 18:59:59:
: : Paul, in response to your comment that states
: : ...You don't have to go to school to become a veterinarian, lawyer or doctor. You do have to pass there state exam. This is how they protect their profession.
: : Typically, you do not QUALIFY to take a state Medical, Vet or Bar (Law) exam for your license unless you have proved eligibility through successful completion of a RECOGNIZED institution's doctoral program. You don't get to take the test until you ARE a doctor of Law, Medicine or Veterinary
: : Medicine, etc.
: : ...that's why there are doctors from and schooled in India who COULD PASS the medical testing ...but are serving burgers.
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: And just why do you think that in these cases you are required to attend school? This is how professional groups keep a minimum standard in their profession. If the farrier industry could learn to put professional differences aside and become self regulated as other professions have there would be fewer of the so called fly by night farriers. These may not occur right away but you would see fewer people posing as farriers. How many do you think would be willing to go to mandated CE classes each year?
: As far as accredited schools goes, name one farrier school that has accreditation by someone other than the owner or their family members? Farrier associations tell farriers to become certified but the associations and the schools can't agree on what should be taught or required for certification. Even the largest association has fewer than 1/2 of all farriers as members and few of them are certified.
: Paul
Paul
I do believe that you are in error when you say that the schools can't decide on what they have to teachand for the students have to know even the BWFA is consistant with that idea but what seems to be the issue is what is the certifcation should be.The schools are pretty teaching from the same book so it would seem that the things taught are the same. The assocations are saying that you need to have certain amount of experince to get the certifcations but the owner of the horse could careless if you were paper through the yingyang as long as the amount of money they have to payout is minual so in order for the system to work first there has to be education of the owners on getting certified farriers then the assocations have to be able to provide proof that the people they certify are compitent after all that they have to enforce it all and that can not be down without the help of the owners then and only then the fly-by nighters would be eliminated but until these things are in place no system could work even the certification in Illinois couldn't work for the same reason. Everyone has to be on the same page or the federal government would have to make it illegal to do your own horse and that certainly happen either so as long as we all try to stay educated and upgrade ourselves aleast we can change the things we can and hopfully others will someday come to terms with the whole concept and the whole idea could work but I for one not embracing the idea that the government should or ever get involved
Frank