Australian Wool Innovation, te Australian Wool Grower funded marketing and research and development organisation provides a range of educational materials on its website. Much of this can be read or downloaded from its publications section.

AWI also provides on-line learning material for retail traders.

Launch Woolmark online training

AWI maintains specialised websites to provide information about wool and wool marketing.

To log onto the wool innovation portal click here.

These materials, developed by the Sheep Industry CRC, include:

1. Tertiary Education Modules
   This resource is a set of comprehensive lecture notes for 10 courses delivered by the University of New England under licence from AWET. References, activities, assignments and multimedia presentations are also included for a significant number of the available topics. Specific restrictions apply to the use of the materials. The materials cover Commercial Management of the Sheep Enterprise, Sheepmeat Production and Marketing, Applied Animal Nutrition, Genetic Evaluation and Breeding Program Design, Meat Technology, Sustainable Land Management , Sheep Production, Wool Marketing and Clip Preparation, Wool Biology and Metrology and Wool Processing.
   
   
2. School To Industry Links National Pack
   This resource is designed to be used by teachers and project officers for both planning new activities and using these classroom activities in their schools. It is intended to:
   • Generate in students and teachers a practical interest in science and demonstrate the relevance of science to the sheep and wool industry;
   • Enhance awareness of the sheep and wool industry to students from Years 7 through to 12;
   • Encourage teachers to include content relevant to the science of the sheep and wool industry in their teaching;
   • Provide some ready-to-use resources for teachers offering content, tasks, skill builders and learning sequences;
   • Provide teachers with a thorough understanding of the sheep industry and the sciences involved through Professional Development sessions; and
   • Encourage students to pursue tertiary science studies pertaining to the sheep and wool industry and for them to consider careers in that industry.
     
     
3. Internal Parasite Control in Sheep
   This resource has been developed to assist wool and sheep growers to monitor and manage worm populations of your sheep flock to improve production levels. This is achieved through providing training in:
   • The monitoring of worm populations using worm egg counts to detect infestations early.
   • Becoming competent at conducting a worm egg count test and interpreting the results.
   • Regular drench resistance tests to determine which drenches are effective on the property.
   • The use of WormBoss to aid decision making.
     
     
4. Merino Sheep Breeding Training Guide
   This resource has been developed to allow vocational and education trainers (primarily in the TAFE, Agricultural College and School systems) to deliver up to date knowledge and skills in the area of Merino breeding to their students.
   
   
5. Careers Information Toolkit
   This resource was developed to be used by Secondary Teachers and Careers Advisors to place information about careers in the Sheep and Wool Industry before students interested in developing a career in the industry. As well as providing information the resource also provides activities to be undertaken by the students so that they can learn more about the careers available.
   The material was produced as a CD but can now be directly accessed on Woolwise.
   A poster for advertising the toolkit was also produced and a high quality A1 size PDF version of this can also be downloaded here.