New standard for safe shearing sheds

By Mal Gill
Updated November 24 2020 - 9:07pm, first published November 20 2020 - 10:00am
WAFarmers vice president and WoolProducers Australia (WPA) director Steve McGuire (left), AWI stakeholder engagement co-ordinator Ellie Bigwood, Western Australian Shearing Industry Association president Darren Spencer and executive officer Valerie Pretzel at the launch of SafeSheds, The Shearing Shed Safety Program.
WAFarmers vice president and WoolProducers Australia (WPA) director Steve McGuire (left), AWI stakeholder engagement co-ordinator Ellie Bigwood, Western Australian Shearing Industry Association president Darren Spencer and executive officer Valerie Pretzel at the launch of SafeSheds, The Shearing Shed Safety Program.

A SHEARING shed built by champion shearer, former shearing shed assessor and former shearing industry trainer Don Boyle, Broomehill, was the venue last Friday for the launch of a shearing shed safety program.

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