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Shearer

Shearers remove wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.

Tasks

  • selecting and preparing shearing equipment
  • catching and positioning animals for shearing
  • shearing and removing wool and hair from animals
  • identifying contaminated fibre and injured, infected and diseased animals
  • treating skin cuts
  • returning shorn animals to let-out pens for counting and checking
  • may service, maintain and repair shearing equipment
  • may shear stud animals with hand shears or special combs

More Info

A Certificate III including at least 2 years of on-the-job training, or a Certificate IV, or at least 3 years of relevant experience, is usually needed. Most workers have not completed any post school qualifications (that is, they have finished Year 10, 11 or 12). Sometimes experience or on-the-job training is needed in addition to a qualification.

VET Course Providers:

New South Wales

TAFE NSW

Victoria

TAFE Victoria

South Australia

TAFE SA

Western Australia

TAFE WA

Tasmania

TasTAFE

Queensland

TAFE Queensland

Northern Territory

NT

Charles Darwin University

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra Institute of Technology

For more information on required qualifications, click here.

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