“A lot has changed in the industry since I started out as a kid working the circuit from Queensland, through New South Wales before finishing off in Tasmania each Christmas,” Mr Ward said. “The ...

Yet for Austin Grace, the process of learning more about the wool industry was the real reward in completing his classing stencil. Austin, 24, won the Australian graduate wool classer of the year ...

In sheds around far west New South Wales, shearing teams are busy taking off wool. For the wool classer, deciding quickly the quality of the fibre takes a keen eye. Ken Hall has been in the industry ...

Life skills such as budgeting and self-care will be incorporated in shearer and wool classer qualifications under proposed changes to wool harvesting training programs. National sheep and wool writer ...

ABOUT 15 years ago Kylee Tindale-Smith could be found in the shearing sheds of Quilpie working as a wool classer.

Wool classer Anne-Marie Parcell, of Bannockburn, has received a merino merit award for the clip she classed at Northburn Station, near Cromwell. Photo / Y'vonne O'Hara Wool has always been part of ...

Award-winning wool classer Sharon Lawton's Glenbrook Station entry on display at the 2024 Wānaka A&P Show. Te Kauwhata-based wool classer Sharon Lawton received 98.5 points – out of 100 – for her ...

The adoption of QR codes to track wool bales through the supply chain is being seen by the wool industry as a game changer. Australia's wool industry has begun trials on e-bales, which track wool ...

Southern Institute of Technology’s recent appointment of two new tutors with a specialist set of skills ensures the continuation of their qualification, the New Zealand Certificate in Wool Technology ...