CODE: 410.684-014Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): SHEEP SHEARER (agriculture) alternate titles: sheep clipper; stock clipper; wool shearer

Shears wool from live sheep, using power-driven clippers or hand shears: Places animal in shearing station. Clips wool close to hide so that fleece is removed in one piece and exercises care to nick or cut skin as little as possible. Herds shorn animal into runway leading to pen. Oils and sharpens clippers and shears. May tie fleece.
GOE: 03.04.01 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77