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Shearers
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Shearers
Shearers remove wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.
Fun facts
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Strong Future Growth
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64% full-time Full-Time Share
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3% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by shearers. A few are listed below:
- 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
Specific occupations
- Shearer