Shearing Taster day
Product Description
Description
AWI is delivering this training to educate high school students on the shearing and wool harvesting industry. We are designing these one day workshops to highlight:
- Pathway to industry
- Hands on experience
- Big picture of the industry
On the day
- Two experienced AWI trainers
- Sheep handling
- Wool handling
- Crutching
- Hand piece & tools
- Worksheets provided
- Hands on examples
Delivered by
Josh Clayton- Josh is one of the fastest sheep shearers in the country, and having developed his skills as a trainer, he’s now one of Australian Wool Innovation’s leading shearer trainers too. He’s also studied sports psychology, and enjoys helping anyone reach peak performance whether that’s in the shearing shed, or out on the track.
Details
Training to educate high school students on the shearing and wool harvesting industry.
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