Wool Classer

Tasks Include:

  • classifies wool and advises on matters pertaining to the clip
    and its preparation for sale
  • instructs shearing shed hands concerned with woolrolling,
    and supervises the skirting and rolling of fleece
  • instructs and supervises hands concerned with piece picking,
    picking up the fleeces, and other aspects of wool handling
  • instructs wool pressers and supervises the pressing, weighing
    and branding of bales
  • maintains or oversees the recording of details of the stations’
    clip in shed wool books
  • writes summaries of how clips were prepared for market
  • may order wool packs and pressers’ requisites