343332 Wool Classer

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 3: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, AQF Certificate IV, or at least three years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 2: NZQF Diploma, or at least three years of relevant experience

• Inspects fleece to determine its type according to physical characteristics, such as staple length and strength, fibre diameter, and colour
• Classes wool into lines to meet processors' requirements and to optimise growers' returns
• Manages wool handling teams
• Instructs wool handlers and supervises the picking up, skirting, rolling, and pressing of fleeces
• Records wool characteristics and the details of pressed wool bales, and prepares wool clip documentation