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Wool Classer / Grader
OFO Code: 684304
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 684304
- Occupation
- Wool Classer / Grader
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6843 · Product Graders and Testers (Except Foods and Beverages)
Official description
Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages) inspect , test, sort, sample, and weigh raw materials, manufactured components and non-comestible goods produced or sold, to ensure compliance with quality standards and to identify defects, wear, and deviations from specifications, and to grade and classify them according to their quality.
More official OFO detail
- Analyzing test data and making computations as necessary to determine test results
- Discarding or rejecting products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications
- Notifying supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assisting in identifying and correcting these problems
- Measuring dimensions of products using instruments such as rulers, callipers, gauges, or micrometers
- Analyzing and interpreting blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures
- Inspecting and testing products, parts and materials for conformity with specifications and standards
- Marking items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status
- Grading and classifying natural textile fibres for spinning and winding
- Recording inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded
- Quality Examiner (Manufactured Products)
- Conducts in-line and/or end-line quality inspections on manufactured products.
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned