Educators in the wool industry are concerned about attracting students to courses in the future. Changes to New South Wales vocational training funding, under the 'Smart and Skilled' reforms, may mean ...

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 ...

The NSW wool industry says the cost of TAFE courses is pushing young people away from the sector. Job seekers looking to find work in the wool industry often complete wool handling and wool classing ...

“Wool classing has always been in our family, my dad is a wool classing teacher, and now that I’ve been involved in my partner’s farm with fine wool Merinos … I’ve started learning,” Anna said. Based ...

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 ...

Yet for Austin Grace, the process of learning more about the wool industry was the real reward in completing his classing stencil. Austin, 24, won the Australian graduate wool classer of the year ...

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 ...

"We have 20 students learning how to shear sheep and 15 here for the wool classing certification," said Chris Schauer, director of the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), and coordinator ...

A number of shearing schools are now open for registration with start dates ranging from this fall to spring of 2022. In anticipation of shearing season, the American Sheep Industry Association has a ...