She entered the two-day event with her employer Australian Wool Network, where they joined secondary school and university students to test their skills and knowledge in seven wool and sheep industry focused activities.

"It provided me with the opportunity to see my strengths and weaknesses and what I need to work on. It was also a great opportunity to talk to other young people from secondary schools and universities wanting to get into the industry and be able to give them some advice based on my experiences,'' Miss Turner said.

"It's great to be in the spot where you can give advice based on science and knowledge to help growers get ahead. It's great to be able to give advice that is relative to growers and the industry.

"It was a great all-round experience both on the practical skills side of things as well as networking.''

Aged 23, Miss Turner has recently graduated with honours from a rural science degree and is well on track to accomplish her long term goal of becoming a broker.

After growing up on a merino property in New South Wales, Miss Turner soon developed a passion for all things wool.

She said she was enjoying being in Tasmanian as it allows her to work with a wide-range of sheep.

AWN's Brett Cooper was the team's trainer and mentor. He couldn't speak highly enough of the event.

"The board and management of AWN wanted to give our staff some exposure and experience in these activities and give them the opportunity to meet other young people and professionals in the industry,'' he said.

"This is a great learning environment and offers one component of our aim to expose staff to all facets of the sheep and wool industry as there are so many directions to aim for within the industry.

"It's great to have them out of the office, training them and taking them to these events where they can meet other like-minded people.''