Shearers
Snapshot
Shearers remove wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.
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Job stats |
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How many are employed in this occupation? |
5700 |
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What are the weekly earnings for full-time workers ($ before tax)? |
$1000 |
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How does unemployment compare
with other occupations? |
above average |
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What is the vacancy level for this occupation? |
very high |
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Job prospects |
average |
Tasks
This occupation may include associated occupations with varying 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.
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