The NMC is an initiative of Australian Wool Innovation to an understanding of the career opportunities within the sheep and wool industries. More than 160 students took part in events in Sydney to test their skills in areas such as feed budgeting, condition scoring, breeding objectives, wool harvesting and commercial classing of animals and fleeces.

Fourteen Charles Sturt students took part in the competition, with the highest four scores taken into consideration in the tertiary challenge.

Patrick Crawley, Karissa De Belle, Kayla Kopp and Mitch Rubie claimed first prize. Mr Crawley was also named the individual tertiary student champion in the competition.