Shearer

Blownout Shearers are seeking a Qualified Professional Shearer to join our workforce of clean, reliable, work fit, and drug-free employees based in the Esperance shire in Southeast WA.

The successful applicant will be responsible for a range of professional shearing and wool-handling duties, including:

• Selecting and preparing shearing equipment
• Catching and positioning animals for shearing
• Shearing and removing wool and hair from animals
• Wool harvesting and crutching using machine shears
• Identifying contaminated fibre and detecting injured, infected, or diseased animals
• Quality control of fibres during wool harvesting, including colour variations and breed cross contaminations
• Marking miss-mobbed or diseased flocks
• Treating minor skin cuts
• Returning shorn animals to let-out pens for counting and checking
• Servicing, maintaining, and repairing shearing equipment
• Shearing stud animals using hand shears or specialised combs where required
• Team management responsibilities
• Bus transportation operations
• Equipment Requirements

Applicants will be expected to own and supply all relevant tooling and equipment required to perform the role, including but not limited to:

• Grinder
• Combs and cutters
• Handpiece
• Related consumable items and shearing tools
• Essential Requirements

Applicants must demonstrate:

• Minimum 3 years of full-time work experience in shearing and related duties
• Relevant team management experience
• Valid driver’s licence
• Ability to pass a clean 3-step drug test (provided by the employer)
• Strong work ethic with a commitment to reliability, safety, and fitness for work

The position is permanent and full-time and offers an annual salary of $90,000 to $105,000 for the right candidate.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional shearer seeking stable full-time employment within a reputable shearing workforce in regional Western Australia.