Shearer
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 3
- Major group
- Technicians and Trades Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 3Technicians and Trades Workers
- Sub-major group
- 34Skilled Animal, Agricultural and Horticultural Workers
- Unit group
- 3433Shearers and Wool Classers
Description
Removes wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.
Unit group
3433 · Shearers and Wool ClassersDescription
Remove and classify wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.
Skill level
Australia
3
Occupation skill level 3
Tasks
Tasks include
- Selects and prepares shearing equipment
- Catches and positions animals for shearing
- Shears and removes wool and hair from animals
- Identifies contaminated fibre and injured, infected and diseased animals
- Treats skin cuts on shorn animals
- Returns 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
Occupations in this unit group
Sources
- www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0/browse-classification/3/34/343/3433
- www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0/data-downloads/OSCA%20Category%20Descriptions.xlsx
The supplied migration lists use ANZSCO codes, not OSCA codes.