As a wool classer you classify wool into different categories ready for sale at markets to attract maximum competition at sale time. You classify the wool according to its various characteristics such as, colour, length, strength and quality.
Your workload in any one shearing shed will vary depending on the size of the flock shorn and the number of staff available to complete the work. You are classing wool according to its various characteristics such as colour, length, strength, and quality. With your experience and knowledge you are able to advise growers on woolclassing strategies, as well as instructing and supervising workers employed during the shearing.
Best thing about this career
You get to travel from place to place, for work and get to see some amazing country sides. The ability to become well known in the towns from which you work constantly is always a bonus, especially in small country towns.
Worst thing about this career
Travel times may be extremely long, and the days possibly long, especially at the peak of the shearing season. You may not get to socialise with your closet of friends as often as you may like due to travel commitments. Being in a shearing shed environment requires working under varying environmental conditions.
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