841517 - Wool Handler

Description

Regulates the flow of sheep to be shorn, keeps the shearing shed clean and tidy, and assists with wool clip preparation.

Skill Level

5

Alternative Titles

• • Shearing Shed Hand
  • Shearing Shed Worker

Skills Assessment Authority

Caveats

No caveats apply to this occupation.

Group: 8415 Livestock Farm Workers

Description

perform routine tasks in livestock, egg and wool production.

Tasks

• • patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of livestock
  • providing livestock with feed and water
  • assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
  • mustering and droving livestock to milking and shearing sheds and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available
  • washing and cleaning udders, and attaching milking machines to udders and milking cows
  • collecting eggs and placing in incubators
  • herding sheep for shearing and keeping mobs separate during shearing
  • spreading fleeces on skirting tables for classing, pressing wool and branding bales
  • exercising horses by walking, riding, leading and swimming, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
  • cleaning stables and hatcheries, storing bedding and performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings and fences
  • assembling, preparing and storing horse gear

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

NZ Register Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Occupations in this Group

• • 841511 Beef Cattle Farm Worker
  • 841512 Dairy Cattle Farm Worker
  • 841513 Mixed Livestock Farm Worker
  • 841514 Poultry Farm Worker
  • 841515 Sheep Farm Worker
  • 841516 Stablehand
  • 841517 Wool Handler
  • 841599 Livestock Farm Workers nec