Career education facilitates learning about self in relation to the world of work, making and implementing career plans and decisions, and managing work transitions.¹

Career Education is supported in all education systems and at all levels, though more evident at secondary and tertiary levels. It is also provided by groups outside the main school and university systems including TAFE, colleges and other private providers. Most Career Education is involved with provision of information leading to an effective transition from education to work and contributing to the best possible career and lifestyle choices.

Further information may also be found on the Vocational Education page.

This page looks at Career Education in all Australian states & Territories.

The Second Page looks at Commonwealth and other group involvement, resources and other general information in the area of Career Education.

For further career information you should also check the Occupations Pages.

If you are aware of any worthwhile information which is not included, suggestions or additions are welcome and will be given due consideration.

States & Territories

Australian Capital Territory

• ACT Career Education Association Inc
  ‘Assists both government and non-government school teachers across the ACT and surrounding NSW’.
  Now amalgamated with and part of the Careers Advisers Association of NSW.
• Canberra Careers Market
  ‘A wonderful opportunity for students and visitors who are searching for a career direction. Have a hands on experience with trades, access an on-line national career program, career counselling stalls’. Check the Canberra Careers Market site as well.
• Career Education ACT
  Home page with links to sites for the ACT, Learning & Teaching Resources, documents and several external websites.
• Student to Industry Program
  ‘Student to Industry Program is a Local Community Partnership in the Australian Capital Territory, supporting the smooth transition of youth into the workplace’.
• Work Experience ACT
  Provides Guidelines and requirements, the complete range of forms, most in Word format.

New South Wales

• Careers Advisers Association of NSW
  ‘Represents Career Education and Careers Advisers in Department of Education and Training, Catholic and Independent Schools in NSW, as well as other Career Development Practitioners working in associated fields’.
• Careers Advisory Services [NSW]
  ‘Provides students and their families or caregivers with up to date information about the range of relevant career and study options available’.
• Careers Education
  Overview and program components.
• Know the Deal
  NSW Government. How to get a job, your rights when you have one, how to move from one job to another.
• My High School Careers
  ‘Dedicated to serving high school students, parents and careers advisers in NSW & The ACT’. Information, support, links.
• Students@work
  Balancing school and work. Sections for students, teachers, parents & carers and employers. Compiled by the NSW Teachers Federation.
• Work Education
  ‘Only available through the DET Intranet’.
• Work Education Syllabus
  Board of Studies. Revised Syllabus, Performance Descriptors, Guide to the 7-10 Syllabus, Programming & Assessment Advice, Life Skills Outcomes Worksheet. Most in Word and PDF formats.

Northern Territory

• Careers Advice
  Information, Department of Employment, Education and Training.
• Careers Expo
  ‘Providing information on employment, training and education options to assist career development and life choices’.

Queensland

• Careers and Employment Service
  Griffith University. Information on Recruitment & Vacancies, Job Search & Career Development, Indigenous support, Career Fairs and Employer presentations.
• Careers Event[s]
  ‘Be part of Queensland’s most comprehensive range of career events presenting the latest information on tertiary studies, employment opportunities and further training’.
• Local Community Partnerships
  ‘The primary function of LCPs is to provide workplace opportunities to students to assist them make a successful transition through school, and from school to further education, training, employment and active participation in the community’.
• Policy Position, Career Education
  ‘Education Queensland’s position on career education across the early, middle and senior phases of learning [Preparatory - Year 12]’.
• Queensland Association of Student Advisers Inc
  ‘QASA represents student advisers in Independent schools, TAFE Institutes, State schools, Universities, Private Education Providers and Government Departments. Our prime role is to foster the sharing of information of interest to students’.
• School to Work
  ‘Education Queensland’s policies for Work Experience, Vocational placements and Teacher placements in industry’.
• Smart State 2008-2012: Queensland’s Smart Future
  You can also download the Document of the same name.
• Student Connect
  ‘Student Connect gives you access to your learning account and results, as well as information and links to help you explore your future education, training and career pathways’. Queensland Studies Authority.
  Previously listed as Career Information Service.
• Student Work Experience
  Policy and procedures. Information on very specific placements, e.g. Amberley Air Base.
• Vocational Placements
  ‘Vocational placement is where a student is placed in a workplace to receive practical training and experience that is required under, and is an assessable part of, a student’s course, leading to the issuing of a qualification or statement of attainment. NB Structured work placement is not vocational placement’.
• Years 7-9 : Personal Career Development Plan
  ‘Provide[s] access for teachers to resources that support Years 7-9 Rich Task #5 : Personal Career Development Plan. Three major topics identified’.

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South Australia

• Career Development
  Information for schools, resources. Other links from the side menu.
• Career Education in Schools
  Link from the left menu. Part of SACSA Enterprise and Vocational Education. Links to Career Education in Schools, Reception-Year 12, Across The Curriculum, Work- and Community-Based Learning and Transition Portfolios.
• Discovering Post School Pathways
  Information on options, various roles, Negotiated Education Plan and Transition Plan. Menu leads to related areas.
• School to Work
  ‘Learn more about the programs and initiatives of the School to Work Strategy by exploring our webpages.
• Target Work
  ‘A practical skills training initiative of the Department of Education and Children’s Services based on construction programs for students and youth with a career focus on Trades incorporating brick laying, brick paving, carpentry, metal work, landscaping, painting and irrigation’.
• Workplace Learning Guidelines
  Departmental policy.

Tasmania

• Career Opportunities in VET
  Skills Tasmania.
• For Learners
  ‘To discover the skills and career choices for you, visit For Learners, which is part of the Skills Tasmania website’.
• Guaranteeing Futures
  ‘Providing programs and activities that support young people in making a successful transition from compulsory schooling to further education, training or employment’.
• Linkzone
  ‘Portal designed for young people in Tasmania aged 12 to 25. The portal has been designed through the Office of Children and Youth Affairs to enable young people to easily access a range of information’.
• Make It Happen : Work Experience for All
  ‘This resource has been developed by the Disability Coordination Program, University of Tasmania to support secondary teachers in providing work experience/work placements for students with a disability’.
• Pathway Planning and Transition Support
  Covers My Plan for My Future over Years 8 to 10.
• Workplace Learning, Work Experience
  Guidelines, diaries, Parental Forms, OH & S Checklists and more. PDF format.

Victoria

• Career Education Association Victoria
  ‘The Victorian peak body for secondary school careers advisers, work experience coordinators, VET coordinators and MIPS coordinators’.
• Career Education in Schools [Vic]
  Home page for Careers education. Check the left hand menu for other components.
• Career Resource Guidelines
  For Young People not in Employment, Education or Training. Multiple sections covered from self awareness to support services.
• Careers and Transitions
  ‘Young people need support to understand the options and navigate the pathways from compulsory schooling to further education, training and employment. There are a range of programs and tools available to schools’.
• Careers Coordinators
  ‘Support students by providing advice on all career related issues’.
• Careers & Planning for the Future
  ‘Career education programs are offered in primary and secondary schools in Victoria, to assist young people to develop understandings of themselves - what they like, what they are good at, what is important to them, their relationships with others, knowledge about the world of work and skills to make informed decisions to achieve their objectives throughout their lives’.
• ESL and CALD Career Resources
  ‘Resources, aimed at improving support provided to young people from refugee backgrounds as they move through education, training and employment’.
• Local Learning & Employment Networks and Other Networks
  ‘Bring together education providers, industry, community organisations, individual and government organisations to improve education, training and employment outcomes for young people in communities across Victoria. They focus on young people aged 15-19, with a particular emphasis on those at risk of not completing year 12 or its equivalent’.
• Managed Individual Pathways
  ‘Ensures that all students 15 years and over in government schools are provided with individual pathway plans with associated support as a means to continued education, training or full-time employment’.
• Safe@work
  ‘A health and safety resource package for secondary school students who undertake workplace learning programs’. All components, Teacher’s and Student’s Guides.
• Self Awareness Careers Resources
  ‘Lessons identifying personal attributes, abilities, interests and values’. Many resources available in PDF format.
• Structured Workplace Learning
  Forms, Manual and directs people to appropriate officers for further information.
• Work Experience
  Legislation, Manual, forms and more.

Western Australia

• Career and Enterprise
  ‘These print, video, online and electronic resources are to support Career and Enterprise’.
• Career Centre
  ‘Designed to help you access key information. Whether you’re looking for work, planning a career or deciding on a training path, being fully informed will help you get out of the starting gate on the right foot !’ Previously linked as GetAccess Now.
• Career Development Resources
  ‘A range of career development resources in a variety of formats suitable for use in the classroom and as professional support materials’.
• Career Development Centre
  ‘We can help you decide on the job, training or career path that is right for you ! Ask us about Career Planning as well as education & training options’.
• Career Education Association of WA
  ‘Peak body in WA for career development which includes career education, vocational education and training and enterprise education’.

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References

• 1. Enterprise & Vocational Education : Career Education In Schools. South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework. Web. 20 Jan. 2010.
  Enterprise & Vocational Education : Career Education In Schools Select Career Education in Schools from menu.

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