Becoming a Wool Classer in Queensland

About this role

Wool Classers classify wool to industry standards or market requirements.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Wool Classer include:

• sorts wool into groups according to length, fibre thickness, breed and colour
• places sorted wool into appropriate bins
• presses the wool into bales
• supervises the pressing and branding of wool bales
• operates wool-weighing, sampling and wool-blending machinery
• keeps records of the wool bales pressed
• carries out minor maintenance on wool-weighing, sampling and wool-blending machines
• may be responsible for wool shed management.