Shearing Industry Guide
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About the guide
The guide provides information about health and safety requirements for the shearing industry.
The guide has been updated to reflect the changes to legislation effective from 1 January 2006.
The guide addresses:
- Health and safety problems in shearing
- Legal duties of people involved in shearing
- Identifying hazards
- Risk controls
- Planning and managing change
- Sheep pens and gates
- Catching pens, gateways and doors
- Access and movement around the shed
- Shearing board
- Wool press guides
- Grinders
- Wool presses
- Noise
- Electrical safety
- Penning up
- Shearing and crutching
- Working in heat and cold
- First aid
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