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Wool Classer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what wool classers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most wool classers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
AWEX registered wool classer with shed experience across multiple breeds and wool types. Skilled at assessing fleece quality, preparing sale lines to AWEX standards, and keeping classing records accurate for brokers and certifiers. Comfortable working long days in shearing sheds and coordinating with shearing teams, pressers and growers.
Key skills
- Fleece assessment by breed, crimp, colour, staple length and strength
- AWEX classing standards and sale line preparation
- Contamination and stain removal
- Classing record keeping and yield recording
- Bale branding and pressing
- OFDA 2000 fibre diameter analyser
- AWEX staple length and strength testing equipment
- Wool press
- Electronic fleece weighing scales
- AgriWebb
- Animal care and handling
- Inventory management
- Attention to detail
- Physical stamina and dexterity
- Written communication
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Classed fleeces from multiple breeds into sale lines that met AWEX standards and buyer specifications, keeping line descriptions consistent across the clip.
- Identified and removed stained, burry and seedy fleece segments before pressing, protecting the value of clean lines and reducing reclassing at the broker.
- Recorded fleece weights, yields and test results in classing records, giving brokers accurate data for sale catalogues and certification.
- Operated the wool press and branded bales for sale, working with shearing teams to keep bale numbers, descriptions and lot details aligned.
- Checked and calibrated the OFDA 2000 fibre diameter analyser and staple length and strength equipment before each session, so test results matched the lines being prepared.
Education
Typical pathway: Certificate III or IV in Wool Classing, with AWEX registration. Some classers enter after Year 12 or below and build skills on the shearing board before completing the certificate.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- AWEX
- Australian Wool Exchange
- wool classer registration
- fleece classing
- sale lines
- staple length
- staple strength
- fibre diameter
- OFDA 2000
- wool press
- fleece weighing
- AgriWebb
- wool broker
- shearing shed
- wool bale branding
- wool clip
- yield testing
- contamination
- burry wool
- seedy wool
- wool certification
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.