Also called: Shearer
Shears the wool off sheep for ranches, traveling with shearing crews in season and removing a whole fleece in just a few minutes.
Shearers travel from ranch to ranch in season, flipping sheep and removing a whole fleece in about 2 minutes. Top shearers do 200+ sheep a day.
Paid per sheep; seasonal.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. Shearing schools and on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Animal Science.
Growing slowly. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Robot shearing has been tried for decades and failed; flipping and fleecing sheep fast stays skilled human labor.
Age 16+. One way to start: Sign up for a university extension sheep-shearing school, then offer to shear small farm flocks First: A sheep-shearing school (usually 2–5 days)
Classes: Ag/animal science CTE, PE/weight training, Biology, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 45-2093.
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