Shearer Skill Assessment
Occupation Code
361211List
ROL
Descriptions
Removes wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.
Job Description
- Selecting and preparing shearing equipment
- Catching and positioning animals for shearing
- Shearing and removing wool and hair from animals
- Identifying contaminated fibre and injured, infected and diseased animals
- Treating skin cuts
- Returning shorn animals to let-out pens for counting and checking
- May service, maintain and repair shearing equipment
- May shear stud animals with hand shears or special combs
Types of visas you can apply for
Other visa types
187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
Skill Assessment
VETASSES group D
Application Steps
- Select a nominated occupation for assessment based on the purpose of your visa application;
- Through the VETASSESS online application system, fill in the form, deduct the fee, and upload the documents;
- Track the progress of your application and follow its status;
- If additional documents are required, VETASSESS will send an email notification;
- After completing your skills assessment application, you can view the results and download the result letter in the VETASSESS online application system. A copy of the result letter will not be mailed to you unless you request it in your skills assessment application and pay for the postage.
Skills Assessment Requirements
Work requirements
- The major is highly relevant, with at least one year of relevant work experience after graduation in the past five years;
- The major is not highly relevant, and at least two years of relevant work experience after graduation in the past five years;
- If you do not have a diploma equivalent to an Australian Level 4 Certificate, but have an Australian Level 3 Certificate that is highly relevant to your nominated occupation, you will need to have at least three years of relevant post-graduation work experience in the past five years.
Academic requirements
- Technical secondary school or above
Assessment Agency
- VETASSES
Data Sources