Improver to Advanced Shearing.
This is a two-day course open to those who have been shearing in the industry and have achieved the minimum of the "Blue Seal" (shear 6 sheep per hour), or can shear 100 + sheep per day. The course will cover instruction and practical training in the following:
- Health and Safety in the Industry.
- Animal Welfare and Animal Handling
- Team Work
- Comb selection and gear experting
- Machine and Handpiece Maintenance
- Grinding (sharpening) Combs and Cutters
- High level of instruction on pattern, and helping improve quality and tallies
- A pathway to the next level
This will be a 2-day practical course for all ability levels.
*PLEASE NOTE ALL COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO DATE CHANGES DEPENDING ON WEATHER AT THE TIME*less
