WEDDERBURN’S annual shearing and wool handling course has had one of its biggest cohort in recent years.
The week-long school attracted nine people for introductory training in shearing shed skills.
Shearer Wooldhandling Trainers’ Stuey Neal,  Rick Hodge and Ben Lloyd passed on their expertise to the next generation of shearers along with a few interesting stories from the sheds to keep the week entertaining.
“Shearing schools are the perfect way to gain the basic skills you need to get into the wool industry or to improve your skills to the next level,” said Stuey.
“Our training is shed-based and designed to give real-world, hands on training.”
The school supported by Wedderburn branch of the Victorian Farmers’ Federation has been running for more than 20 years.
Local farmers provide hundreds of Merino sheep for students to shear during the week.
Students at the 2025 school came from across country Victoria.
Wedderburn is one of two shearer training schools in the shire each year.