Shearing Schools Popular with Non-rural Workers

August 5, 2005

    August 5, 2005 -- Shearer training schools in South Australia are attracting more participants from non-rural backgrounds, reported ABC Australia.
    Traditionally, shearers' sons followed in their fathers' footsteps, but now panel beaters, chefs and fishermen are trying their hand at shearing.
    A cook from the Eyre Peninsula, Brin Darby, says the money enticed him to change careers.
    "I made $70 grand last year when I was 20," he said.

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