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TAFE NSW Hay tackling skills shortage as spring shearing season clicks into action

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08 October 2024 - 9:33 AM

TAFE NSW Hay has helped a former florist raised in suburban Bathurst make an unlikely career pivot to wool classing, as the spring shearing season hits full swing.

CLASS ACTS: TAFE NSW Hay wool graduates' remarkable job outcome

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11 March 2024 - 10:46 AM

A TAFE NSW Hay graduating class has achieved a remarkable collective job outcome, with six out of the seven students all landing jobs within weeks of graduating and one class member being selected for the nation’s most prestigious wool classing competition.

Local industry champion to train wool classing next gen at TAFE NSW Hay

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09 May 2022 - 3:16 PM

Hay’s burgeoning wool industry has received a boost with news local girl and former national wool handling champion Kayla Garner will train the next generation of wool classers at TAFE NSW Hay.

TAFE NSW Hay offers career 'taster' in jobs growth area

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16 July 2019 - 3:18 PM

A looming skills shortage in the health, wellbeing and community services sector has prompted TAFE NSW Hay to offer a seven-week “taster” course.

New course to help clip shearer shortage at Hay

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12 June 2019 - 12:36 PM

TAFE NSW has moved to address a chronic shearer shortage in one of the state's most iconic wool growing areas.

TAFE NSW puts Luci in a league of her own

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05 June 2019 - 11:04 AM

4 June, 2019 At just 23, Luci Lugsdin has the world at her feet – a beautiful young daughter, a promising rugby league career and part-way to a TAFE NSW qualification that will make her highly employable.