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Wool harvesting

Wool – there's no fibre like it in the world, with products generated for in the home through to premium clothing.


To enhance capability in the wool harvesting industry we have two entry level micro-credentials that help develop and support those new to the industry.

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  • Landscape construction
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  • Sheep, Beef and Deer
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  • Outdoor Vegetable production
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News from our learners and employers

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Addressing a looming need for more trained shearers and wool handlers
New “micro-credentials” in wool harvesting will help solve a critical need to train shearers and wool handlers, Primary ITO chief executive Linda Sissons said today.
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South Canterbury Sheep Farmers Help Keep the World’s Mega Rich Comfortable at Sea
From the rolling green hills of Waimate to the world’s most luxurious super yachts, the fine wool Harriet Gardner and her family produce is certainly one of a kind.

In this section

New to industry


  • Amenity (parks and gardens)
  • Apiculture (beekeeping)
  • Arboriculture (trees)
  • Dairy goats
  • Dairy farming
  • Dairy processing
  • Energy and petrochemical operations
  • Equine (horses)
  • Fruit production
  • Hydrology
  • Indoor crop production
  • Landscape construction
  • Meat processing
  • Nursery
  • Pork
  • Post harvest
  • Poultry
  • Rural Pest Operations
  • Seafood
  • Sheep, Beef and Deer
  • Sports turf
  • Outdoor Vegetable production
  • Viticulture (wine growing)
  • Wool harvesting
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