Aching knees and a sore back, coupled with providing encouragement for his son, inspired Indigenous shearer Garry Pittman to tackle wool classing at Dubbo TAFE. After leaving school at the age of 15 ...

Kate Mooney is a long-time Flinders Island resident who decided wool classing was a sound career to pursue, to enable her to live on the island she loves. Now, 30 years later, she still works as a ...

The trend is mostly being seen in the crossbred wool sector, where producers are cutting costs and not employing classers, and is increasing in the Merino types. Australian Wool Exchange chief ...

From this year, one student enrolled in TasTAFE’s Certificate IV wool-classing course could be reimbursed the full $1950 fee. To be short-listed for the scholarship — backed by the Calvert brothers’ ...

The Southern Institute of Technology has yet to replace its wool classing tutors and semester two starts in July. Photo / RNZ / Tessa Charles The future of wool classing education is up in the air, ...

If you are interested in learning more about sheep shearing or becoming certified for wool classing, plan to attend the schools the North Dakota State University Hettinger Research Extension Center is ...

Old wooden wool classing tables are getting a new lease of life, as more and more people choose to make them a focal piece in their home. National sheep and wool writer for ACM's agricultural ...

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 ...

The deadline to register for the Kansas Wool Classing School is Sept. 30. The class is scheduled to take place at the Kansas State University Sheep and Meat Goat Center in Manhattan, Kansas, from 8 ...

A BATHURST woman is part of the changing face of the booming wool classing sector.

Retired stock agent Alistair Eckhoff - somewhat of a legend in Central Otago - has notched up 50 consecutive years of wool-classing this season. He has no intention of retiring from it either, ...