Steven Ellis Cooper is a Master of his Craft . He is a time served 5th generation Master Blacksmith who has Achieved Associate of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths But in 2012 became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farriers by attaining Dip WCF in 2012 having completed his second Apprenticeship. He has been in his Craft for some 42 years and has been given awards for his sculptural work and working within his Local Community.
Steve Cooper, of SE Cooper Blacksmiths, said he had to pass the five-year course to fulfil his dream of being a traditional Blacksmith
He decided to start the course in 2006 after helping our a friend who was a farrier and finding the job “fascinating”.
He said: “To get the qualification means I am a proper blacksmith. I can do everything needed of a blacksmith from shoeing a horse to making a gate.”
He said: “Five generations before my parents and grandparents who had been blacksmiths, Farriers and Wheel rights and now I am carrying on the tradition.
What does it mean to be Qualified?
Apprenticeships are Recognised as being the best work based training where you worked in an appropriate enviroment and then spent as in my case 3 months of the year in a college enviroment.
After the 4 Years of my Apprenticeship I attained the necessary Qualifications to say that I am a Blacksmith and Engineer.
Using a person that has been trained to a standard and has attained the necessary Qualifications is the first step to getting what I think will be a first class job!
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