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WOOL422 Wool Marketing and Clip Preparation

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
19 August 2013 21 August 2013 Mandatory Students are reimbursed travel costs by AWET to attend the School held in Armidale
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites ANPR211
Co-requisites None
Restrictions WOOL522
Notes

Students enrolled in WOOL522 will have to complete the requirements for WOOL422 and complete additional guided reading/practical work appropriate to the needs of individual students.
Combined Units WOOL522 - Wool Marketing and Clip Preparation
Coordinator(s) Emma Doyle (edoyle3@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit is designed to provide students and non-economists with a basic understanding of economic and marketing principles together with clip preparation procedures. Specific topics incude: on-farm fibre measurement, shearing, wool classing, selling systems, developments in wool marketing and demand for Australian wool and product promotion.

Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand and demonstrate knowledge of the attributes of wool and their use in textile end products;
  2. demonstrate a knowledge of the product supply chains for apparel and non-apparel wool fibres;
  3. demonstrate a knowledge of the marketing mechanisms used to supply wool to market;
  4. demonstrate a knowledge of the economic and risk factors associated with wool production and marketing; and
  5. demonstrate a knowledge of environmental impacts and public policy on wool production and marketing.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The notes in this unit provide extensive coverage of the attributes of wool, classing schemes, processing factors, and markets for wool and wool blend end products, economics, risk factors, environmental issues and the policy environment. In addition to the notes students are provided with a summary presentation and practise examples to work through during the intensive school and the website for the unit has a multiple-choice quiz on each topic. Student knowledge is assessed through the online quiz, assignment and a final exam. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Written communication and presentation skills are practiced and assessed through the assignment. Students are provided with opportunities to communicate verbally with other students, instructors and the coordinator on topics during the intensive school and via the unit Sakai site. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
Wool is an export commodity for Australia and much of the processing and further manufacture occurs in China and other countries. The end use markets for wool and wool blend products are located primarily in the northern hemisphere. Teaching is via the notes provided which outline the supply chains, including the fundamentals of end markets, transport, processing, and risk management. Knowledge of global markets is assessed within the assignment and the final exam. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
The assignment require students to seek out information on topics and to analyse and synthesis it into a research document. Information literacy is practised and assessed in the assignment. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The material in this unit covers both on-farm and off-farm sectors as well as environment, economics, marketing, risk management and statistical modelling. Each of these topics is discussed in detail within the notes, which broadens the student's perspective; however, there is sufficient scope within these topics for students to pursue these topics in more detail in subsequent courses and in postgraduate research. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving is a requirement of assignment 1. The student's ability to think laterally and assess options, actions and consequences will be practised and assessed within the online quiz and assignment 1. Guidance to these requirements is provided within each assignment. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
The issue of mulesing sheep has become a major issue for the wool industry and students are required to consider ethical and environmental standards within assignment 3. Information is provided within the materials on this subject and will be the subject of a debate during the residential school. The ability of students to think independently and consider alternative perspectives will be both practiced and assessed through the third assignment. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students attending the intensive school will be invited to participate within a team for several exercises. One purpose is to mix students so that they can get to know other students; however, another is for them to understand different perspectives on topics and also to identify people who have specialised areas of interest within the wool industry. Team work will be practised during the intensive school. 		True
   

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