Assessor Resource
AHCWOL203A
Carry out wool pressing
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit applies to working under routine supervision with intermittent checking. It is usually within established routines, methods and procedures. Competency at this level requires the application of knowledge and skills to a range of wool handling and pressing duties.
This unit covers the process of pressing wool into bales and related tasks such as branding the bales, recording bale weights and numbers, and subsequently storing the wool bales and defines the standard required to: operate different types of wool presses; operate the various types of scales and manual handling devices; maintain bale weights for each line to minimise selling costs; brand bales clearly and accurately; handle and stack wool bales efficiently and without risk to self, other people or machinery; record bale information clearly and accurately.
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