ANZSCO 322113 · STSOL, CSOL · Skill level 3

Farrier

Inspects, trims and shapes horses' hooves, and forms, fits and nails horseshoes.

ANZSCO 2013, the edition the department applies to the points tested visas (189, 190 and 491).

Duties

Published for unit group 3221 Metal Casting, Forging and Finishing Trades Workers

  • 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

This is what the occupation is, not what a skills assessment requires. The assessing body applies its own criteria on top of this, and those criteria are not published here. Check them with the body itself.

Who assesses this occupation

TRA
Trades Recognition Australia
tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au

Last confirmed against the department's list on 30 July 2026.

Where Farrier stands right now

Vizard tracks the live queue for this occupation: how many people are waiting at every points score for the 190, the recent invitation round cutoffs, and how far down the queue your own score puts you. 2 state nomination lists include this occupation.

Updated to 1 July 2026, from the department's own SkillSelect data.

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Where this comes from

Definition and duties: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO
Assessing authorities and skilled lists: Department of Home Affairs skilled occupation list

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