The course provides competency based vocational education to enable learners to acquire practical and technical skills and the underpinning knowledge required to apply these skills to a variety of production horticulture enterprises.
This course is for people in the sheep and wool industry with industry experience who wish to become professional wool classers. It also provides the underpinning knowledge required to apply these skills in the workplace.
You will learn technical, supervisory and management skills that a professional wool classer and shed manager in a shearing shed should have. You will also be able to apply occupational health, safe working practices and quality assurance practices to industry standards.
On successful completion of this course you will be eligible to register with AWEX as a Registered Woolclasser, which enables you to class wool clips throughout Australia.
This course is also suitable for owners of sheep and wool operations who wish to enhance their technical knowledge and skills and become registered as a wool classer so that they can class wool clips.
Please attend the Information and Enrolment Session on Friday 28 January 2011 between 12.00pm and 7.00pm in Room BG 24 at Richmond College, cnr Blacktown Road and Campus Drive, Richmond.
Please note that enrolments will continue after this date if vacancies still exist.
Richmond College is situated in the beautiful Hawkesbury Valley. The college is five minutes by car from the towns of Richmond and Windsor and a 20 minute walk from East Richmond station. It provides a range of educational opportunities for the local community as well as specialising in Horticulture and Rural Studies.
Training and assessment services are provided in Information Technology, Business and Administration Services, General Education, Animal Care, Equine Studies, Sustainable Agriculture, Aquaculture, Floristry, Horticultural and Environmental Studies. Richmond Staff pride themselves on their demonstrated commitment to workplace connectivity. Staff use innovative and flexible training solutions to prepare students for industry valid assessment.
Richmond College provides a full range of student support services including customer service, canteen, library, learning support, counselling, careers advice and outreach.