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A Wool Handler retrieves, skirts, and bales fleeces while liaising with classers to ensure quality and industry standards are met.

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Wool Handler careers

A Wool Handler prepares and manages freshly shorn fleeces within a commercial shearing shed or rural farm setting. Working as part of a harvesting team, you will focus on efficient fleece retrieval, skirting to remove inferior wool, and ensuring the clip is contaminant-free. You will maintain a clean working board and assist in packing wool into bales, ensuring the natural fibre is handled with precision to maximise its market value.

Wool Handlers are essential to the quality control of Australia’s wool industry. You will need to be physically active, organised, and capable of working in a fast-paced environment. You’ll liaise with shearers and wool classers to ensure the clip meets rigorous industry standards and that the harvest runs smoothly from board to bale.