Apply for recognition as a farrier or blacksmith
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
Anyone wishing to work as a farrier or farrier's apprentice requires state recognition.
If you want to work as a farrier or farrier's apprentice, you will need state recognition.
Examination certificates in the field of farriery and horseshoeing obtained outside Germany can be treated as equivalent in accordance with the Farriery Recognition Ordinance. This ordinance also regulates the procedure for state recognition for persons with equivalent examination certificates.
Teaser
Anyone wishing to work as a farrier or farrier's apprentice requires state recognition.
Who should I contact?
To the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Areas, Europe and Consumer Protection (MLLEV).
Which documents are required?
Proof of:
- Completed vocational training,
- two years of full-time practical work, subject to social insurance contributions, with a farrier who has been operating a farriery business for at least three years following state recognition as a farrier,
- attendance of the required training courses (4 weeks - introductory course and 4 months - preparatory course),
- a successfully passed examination (farriery school),
- the reliability required to exercise the profession (certificate of good conduct).
What are the fees?
None
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
None
Legal basis
Applications / forms
The application must be submitted informally.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.




