The training delivery is undertaken by contracted Registered Training Organisation (RTOs) in each state. Shearing Contractors, Woolgrowers and individuals are encouraged to give the following contracts a call to arrange training:

Providers are under review and details will be provided when they are contracted

Training provided by AWI funding will focus on up skilling the workforce in all aspects of efficient clip preparation, shearing technique and quality control to maximize woolgrower returns.

A range of training delivery methods will be used to up skill the existing wool harvesting workforce, which includes:

Shearer Training

Regional Coaching

Regional Coaching is designed to offer professional shearers help and guidance on shearing techniques to increase both productivity and efficiency. It is delivered either in working sheds or in dedicated environments.

Improver Workshops in dedicated training environments

Contractor Team Training

Targets individual teams to lift awareness of improved techniques to improve efficiency and quality to increase returns to growers. and also to promote a training culture.

This initiative seeks to engage with, and bring contractors and their teams to, central locations for training. Training is delivered in “field day” format. This training will focus on;

• Productivity and performance.
• Shearing techniques and vulnerable points.
• Shearing fitness.

Wool Handler Training

AWI “Skilled Wool Handler”

This program seeks to lift the quality of the Australian wool clip by providing training, both in operating wool sheds and/or dedicated training facilities that provide wool handlers with practical skills. A training methodology, the Four Pillars of Wool handling, has been developed to focus training on: Teamwork, Technique, Timing and Temperament.

Evaluation

AWI continues to ensure that the program is effectively evaluated. Given the move towards a skilled wool handler program, evaluation will firstly focus on ensuring that wool handler training and its assessment meets AWI expectations and that AWI has confidence in successful trainees. A second evaluation priority is to further develop and refine “Indicators of Success” and the panel survey process so that objectives can be assessed.