Elements and Performance Criteria
- Perform board duties
- Remove stained wool, black wool, and contamination on the shearing board
- Pick up belly wool and remove stained wool
- Remove crutch wool and reposition the hind leg if necessary
- Pick up fleece and throw or park and retrieve later if wool table is not clear
- Monitor removal of wool and maintenance of the board and provide extra support when needed
- Provide mentoring and demonstration of work skills to inexperienced board staff as required
- Apply safe work practices at all times and use available safety equipment
- Comply with enterprise animal welfare and biosecurity policies and procedures
- Prepare wool
- Sweep up locks and keep board and table locks separate where directed
- Remove shanks and jowls if directed and place in correct bin
- Remove pizzle stain from bellies and placed in stains line
- Remove brisket wool if directed by the wool classer
- Sweep crutchings clear of the board, remove stain and dags and place in correct bins
- Carry lambs wool and prematurely shorn wools to the wool table using boards or paddles if required
- Provide mentoring and support in wool handling to inexperienced staff as part of the work team role
- Skirt fleeces
- Seek information on wool classer requirements for mob
- Remove fribs and sweats and place in appropriate bins
- Remove short crutch wool and wiggings and place with locks
- Remove wool carrying clumpy vegetable matter if directed by the wool classer
- Seek feedback on accuracy of skirting and fleece to skirtings ratio
- Remove fleece wool which is defective or lacks uniformity if directed by the wool classer
- Maintain wool flow and minimise contamination risk
- Sweep the immediate shearing area after each sheep is shorn
- Sweep shearing boards, wool room, and area beneath the wool table as regularly as necessary during the shearing operation
- Keep the shearing boards and the wool room free of potential contamination
- Remove waste and place appropriately in full consideration of environmental implications
- Minimise the risk of mixing wool between lines through regular sweeping and maintenance of bins, other containers and the wool area
- Complete all tasks and cover contingencies through a professional, team-based approach
- Carry out tasks to support the shearing operation
- Observe the rate of shearing and estimate the frequency of refilling the catching pens and for mob cutout
- Keep different mobs of sheep separate
- Implement directions from the wool classer and provide feedback on sheep supply and wool flow
- Empty all butts and bins and press wool
- Store bales as directed
- Sweep wool working area clean
- Store equipment at the end of shearing
- Wash board down and disinfect after shearing cutout