9921-17 Shearing Shed Hand
Regulates the flow of sheep to be shorn, keeps the shearing shed clean and tidy and assists with classing the wool.
Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is completion of compulsory secondary education or higher qualification.
Tasks Include:
- herds sheep into the pens in preparation for shearing
- keeps mobs separate during shearing
- picks up fleeces and spreads them on skirting tables for classing
- under direction of the wool classer removes inferior wool from the fleece
- sweeps up wool waste and cleans floors of sheds
- presses wool and brands bales
- may grade wool skirted off fleeces
Specialisations:
Wool Presser
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