Wool Buyer - ANZSCO 639212

Wool Buyer values and buys wool sold by wool growers.

Wool Buyer may perform the following tasks:

• monitoring sales data and stock levels, and studying trade, manufacturers' and market information to keep informed of changing market conditions
• negotiating purchase, promotion and supply arrangements with suppliers
• designing and implementing pricing, marketing, promotional and display strategies
• liaising with management on long-term planning and sales promotions
• establishing working plans according to seasonal and budgetary requirements
• anticipating consumer trends and determining quantity, style and quality of goods to be purchased
• inspecting, comparing, selecting and valuing wool by determining colour, yield, micron and length
• inspecting and buying wool at auction, in wool brokers' stores and in farm sheds
• receiving samples from scoured wool exchanges
• may visit freezing works to buy slipe wool

Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Wool Buyer?

Wool Buyer is classified as Group D occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group D occupations are the following:

• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate IV with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate IV without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate III with a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;

According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualifications assessed at the AQF Certificate III or Certificate IV level, three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.

If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Wool Buyer, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.