On this WOMOlife course you’ll learn:

• Crutching variations for
  • full belly (for pre-lamb or prior to shearing)
  • half belly (mainly done in the winter for easy access for lambs to feed)
  • fan and back slam methods
  • ring crutch method (four blows, used for dagging, pre-tup crutch for ram to go out, or general tidy up)
    
• Shearing Gear:
  • handpiece and gear safety
  • types of combs and cutters – how to set them up and use them
  • how to clean and maintain gear
  • how to tie your mocassins!
    
    
• Grinding:
  • knowing when it’s time to grind or sharpen your gear
  • the set up
  • knowing all the parts of your gear and the grinder and Emery papers
  • the stance – the position of the body
  • how to grind, including hollow grind
    
• Eat Wise
  • for a longer more sustainable career