Careers News

Career as an Event Planner

The Good Universities Guide indicates that an event planner or event coordinator plans and organises special events, including parties, wedding receptions, product launches, banquets, sporting events, meetings, conferences, and conventions.

Successful event planners –

• enjoy working with people
• good organisational and time management skills
• have every attention to detail
• good interpersonal and supervisory skills
• good communication skills
• neat personal appearance
• comfortable working with computers
• able to negotiate, delegate and work under pressure

Depending on the size of the establishment, events coordinators may work independently or as part of a team. They often work irregular hours, and on weekends and public holidays.

Learn more at Good Universities Guide - Events

(CAREER TOOLS IS THE SOURCE FOR THIS INFORMATION)

Careers in Maths

The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) suggests that moving further into the 21st century, maths will become the solution for those wanting to make a real difference in our world.

Qualifications in Mathematics and Statistics offers endless career opportunities across all industry sectors, and the AMSI offers an excellent feature on its website where students can browse the various industries and learn more about where in those sectors mathematics and statistics are required.

Careers in Real Estate

Working in the real estate profession offers students the opportunity to achieve high levels of personal satisfaction and career success. In general terms, estate agents lease, manage, appraise, buy and sell residential, rural, commercial and industrial property or business on behalf of clients. The first step in establishing a real estate career is to become an agent’s representative. Agent’s representatives perform a variety of real estate roles under the supervision of a licensed estate agent.

Students who are interested in completing a course to become a real estate agent, might like to browse the following link that addresses a number of FAQs - Student Information

For more information about careers in real estate and the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) visit REIV.Career as an Organisational Psychologist

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) states that an Organisational Psychologist has knowledge in a range of areas including –

• Recruitment and selection of employees
• Learning and development of staff
• Leadership and talent management within a company
• Coaching, mentoring and career development of employees
• Measuring employee opinions and other workplace research
• Wellbeing, stress and work-life balance of employees

There are many courses being offered to students to study psychology, and it is important to choose a psychology degree that is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC), as only graduates of APAC-accredited courses are eligible to register to practise as a psychologist.

Find out more at APAC Accredited Psychology Programs in Australia

What is a Sports Physiotherapist?

The Health Times website indicates that sports physiotherapy is a specialised branch of physiotherapy, and sports physios provide advice on how to avoid sports injuries, treat injuries and help recovery for those playing recreational sport right through to elite sport.

A sports physio is a registered physiotherapist who has achieved further study after completing a physiotherapy degree - in which students achieve an understanding of the physical, structural and the physiological aspects of human form and movement.

To become a sports physio, one will first need to complete a four-year bachelor degree in physiotherapy. Alternatively, students can complete an associated bachelor degree, such as in exercise physiology, followed by a postgraduate qualification in physiotherapy.

Physiotherapists can later choose to practice in sports physiotherapy but are unable to refer to themselves as a sports physio until they have achieved titled membership of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA).

Career as a Paediatric Nurse

Paediatric nurses care for babies, children, and adolescents. Children are not small adults; they have special needs and specialist paediatric nurses understand these.

There are a diverse range of speciality areas within paediatric nursing.

Nurses may work in schools, hospitals or community centres and work with families to provide optimal health. Several specialty areas also exist within paediatric nursing.

For example, paediatric nurses may become specialised in intensive care, oncology (cancer nursing), mental health and child development.

Browse How to Become a Paediatric Nurse to find out more.

Paralegal Degrees in Victoria 

A paralegal is an individual, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. In other words, a paralegal works in the legal industry but is not a lawyer. Below are a number of degrees on offer in Victoria. The pre-requisite VCE subject is usually an English.  

Deakin University - Criminology, Forensic Science

Federation University - Criminology and Criminal Justice

La Trobe University - Criminology

Monash University - Criminology

RMIT - Criminal Justice, Criminology & Psychology, Legal and Dispute Studies

Swinburne - Criminal Justice and Criminology

Melbourne University - Arts (major in Criminology)

Victoria University - Criminal Justice, Criminology, Legal Services

Visit VTAC for a comprehensive list including all double degrees on offer.  

Careers in the Rail Industry

According to the Rail Career Pathways website, there are two main areas of rail: Passenger Transport and Freight Transport.

Passenger Transport

Rail and light rail (trams) in Australia and New Zealand employs approximately 20,000 people with the specific focus on transporting people. Over the last few years there has been an increase in people using trains and trams due to the increases in the cost of petrol and other costs associated with passenger vehicles such as parking and time spent in traffic jams.

Freight Transport

Freight transport involves trains carrying heavy loads and sometimes travelling long distances transporting freight. There is increasing pressure for freight to be moved by rail, rather than on the road, due to road transport congestion and safety and environmental concerns. Freight trains regularly transport iron ore and coal.

The rail industry employs thousands of people across a very broad range of jobs. One often only thinks about train drivers, but there are so many more rail jobs - from accountants to engineers to technicians to timetable officers to graphic designers.

The rail industry offers rewarding career opportunities in a variety of disciplines including:  Engineering, Trades and Construction, Customer Service, Business/Corporate/Human Resources, Safety and Environment, Graduates/Apprenticeships Operations.

Students are encouraged to browse A-Z of rail jobs  to find out more.

2021 Australian Government Digital Apprenticeship ProgramThe Australian Government Digital Apprenticeship Program is for Australian citizens who are passionate about digital technology.

You don’t need a degree or any prior study for the program. You just need to be interested in digital tech and solving problems. So if you’re looking for a career change or finishing year 12, this program is for you.

If you enjoy pulling apart or building PCs, setting up home networks, building apps, finding trends in data or simply problem solving and making things simple, then you should consider applying.

Government agencies have many different digital and technical roles. These roles support the core functions of each agency and are always changing. Past apprentices have worked in the following areas:

• cyber security
• user research
• programming
• interactive media
• software engineering
• big data
• networking
• systems analysis and design
• web development
• data analytics
• systems testing
• infrastructure support
• networking
• help desk
• applications development

Eligibility:  Applicants must be Australian citizens, and must have completed Year 12 (or equivalent, for example any Cert III or higher) or be able to complete it by January 2021.

Photography courses in Victoria

Photography courses are offered at a number of institutions in Victoria.

Many of these courses are listed below and by clicking on the links provided, students can learn more about them.

UNIVERSITY / TAFE / PRIVATE COLLEGES OPEN DAYS

Universities:

Deakin University Virtual Open day – Sunday, 16th August   www.deakin.edu.au/openday 

Australian Catholic University (ACU) –   Sunday, 9th August (Melbourne) and Sunday, 30th August (Ballarat) https://www.acu.edu.au/openday

CQUniversity (Melbourne) – Virtual only (must register) – Saturday 1st and 15th August  https://www.cqu.edu.au/events/event-items/open-day/virtual-open-day                 

Federation University – Virtual only (must register) – Sunday 16th August         https://federation.edu.au/openday   

La Trobe University- yet to be announced   https://www.latrobe.edu.au/

Monash University – yet to be announced   https://www.monash.edu/

RMIT - have already held a Virtual Expo  https://www.rmit.edu.au/

Swinburne University – to be announced  https://www.swinburne.edu.au/openday

University of Melbourne – Sunday 16th August    https://study.unimelb.edu.au/openday   

Victoria University – August – need to register      https://www.vu.edu.au/open-day-2020/

University of Adelaide – to be announced https://www.adelaide.edu.au/openday/

University of South Australia – to be announced – need to register

https://www.unisa.edu.au/openday/

Flinders University – Friday 14th and Saturday 15th August

https://www.flinders.edu.au/study/events-key-dates/open-days

Victoria/SA TAFE & Colleges

Academy of Information Technology – it has been held 20th April  https://info.ait.edu.au/info-night

Academy of Interactive Entertainment – Live streaming (Melbourne campus) – (must register) – Thursday 18th June   https://aie.edu.au/aie_event/information-evening/

Australian Guild of Music Education – register interest in a course   https://www.guildmusic.edu.au/

Box Hill Institute – Online Information webinars 

Carpentry – 25th June 

Automotive – 24th June

Pharmacy technicians – 18th June

Aged Care 23rd June

Early Childhood Educator – 17th June

Mental Health Sector – 17th June

Biosecurity Science – 11th June

Graphic Design – 22nd June

Fashion – 22nd June

Cyber Security – 11th June

Support Services – 25th June

Allied Health Attendants – Multiple dates

Supporting Patient Care in hospitals – 23rd June

Science Lab – Multiple dates

https://www.boxhill.edu.au/

Box Hill Institute – Online Information webinars 

Electrical and Security Systems – 16th June

Plumbing – 25th June

Community Services – 5th June

Building Design Series – Multiple dates

Nursing – Multiple dates

Veterinary Nursing and the Animal Care – Multiple dates

https://www.boxhill.edu.au/

COLLARTS (Australian College of the Arts) – Sunday 29th August  https://www.collarts.edu.au/open-day

Endeavour College of Natural Health – Virtual Open Day – (must register) - Wednesday 24th June https://www.endeavour.edu.au/events/virtual-open-day/

Footscray City Films – Sunday 16th August - http://footscrayfilms.com.au/open-day/

The Gordon TAFE – August (not yet decided)  https://www.thegordon.edu.au/courses/upcoming-information-sessions

JMC Academy – August (not yet decided):  https://www.jmcacademy.edu.au/events/upcomingopendays

Melbourne Institute of Technology – August (to be announced)  https://www.mit.edu.au/open-day#

Melbourne Polytechnic – https://www.openday.com.au/event/melbourne-polytechnic/

Photography Studies – Sunday 2nd August

https://www.psc.edu.au/study-with-us/psc-virtual-open-day.html

SAE Creative Media Institute – 16th August

https://sae.edu.au/news-and-events/events/melbourne-campus-open-day-16-august-2020/?date=2020-08-16&id=558

Sunraysia Institute of TAFE – to be announced in Term 3  https://www.sunitafe.edu.au/news-events/

Whitehouse Institute of Design – possibly Saturday 22nd or 29th August.  If not it will be a Virtual Open Day that will run continuously. https://whitehouse-design.edu.au/whitehouse-events/

William Angliss Institute – Virtual Open Day (must register) Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd August  https://www.angliss.edu.au/study-with-us/meet-us/openday/