Wanganui Park Career News

Events coming up

Tues. 30th April – Careers Day Out (all Year 10’s per 1-4, all other students & parents 4:30-7pm)

Thurs. 2nd May – Defence Force Recruitment visit 9am- 10 am

Thurs. 2nd – Sun. 5th May – The Age VCE & Careers Expo, Caulfield Racecourse

Wed. 8th May – Year 11 Resilience day

Mon. 20th May – Lighthouse Project Legal Careers Showcase

Fri 24th May – Food & Fibre Careers Day, Dookie College

Thurs. 30th May – GV Health Rural Careers day

Careers Day Out

This year is the 21st Birthday of Careers Day Out. This event has been organised by dedicated local community volunteers wanting to make a difference, through education options, career advice and even into employment. Careers Day Out is one of the largest education, training and employment expos in Northern Victoria, with over 1,400 students attending in 2018 and growing every year.

This year Careers Day Out is proudly sponsored by La Trobe University and GOTAFE, helping all regional year 10 students to discover their career pathway, further training options or future employment opportunities.

Exhibitors will be providing interactive displays to provide students opportunities to get involved in hands on activities. With a vast range of exhibitors including TAFE’s, Universities, other training providers, industry associations, local industry, employers, employment and support agencies, we are sure the students will not be bored. Oh, and don't forget the Emergency Services scenario display. Watch as Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, CFA and Search and Rescue demonstrate their roles through an accident scene.

Date: Tuesday 30 April 2019

Venue: Multi-Purpose Pavilion, Shepparton Showgrounds

9:00am - 11.30am – Year 10’s

4.30pm - 7.00pm - open to the public (senior students, school leavers, parents, career changers & job seekers)

www.careersdayout.com.au

Work Experience Opportunities (not local)

Australian Defence Force: The Defence Force provides work experience opportunities across Australia. To search for upcoming work experience placements and to bookmark the page, go to http://bit.ly/1MGymwI You can learn about jobs in the Army, Navy and Air Force via the Defence Jobs YouTube Channel, http://bit.ly/1QoBraH

Work Experience Directory: This is a website that enables you to search for work experience opportunities in NSW and Victoria and is for secondary school students, http://bit.ly/2BoMb8A

Justice and Community Safety, Victoria: The department offers work experience placements to secondary school students. Note: placements are not available at Corrections Victoria or Youth Justice, https://bit.ly/2OlRYjF

Neuroscience: The Flory Institute (Melbourne) offers work experience to secondary students interested in neuroscience, and brain development and function, https://bit.ly/2WiP9CM

You can also undertake work experience at the Melbourne Institute of Neuroscience, https://bit.ly/2CLg6bd

CSIRO: The organisation provides work experience to secondary students who have a passion for science, research, and/or engineering. If you are from a remote or regional school, you can apply for the virtual work experience program, https://bit.ly/2NdINBx

Deakin University (Year 10 students)

Screen and Design: spend a week exploring animation, virtual & augmented reality, green screen technologies and VFX production.
Engineering: spend a week at the Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering Training at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus.
Laboratory Science: spend a week at the Melbourne campus exploring molecular biology and cell science, chemistry, GPS mapping etc.

There are very limited spaces available – please see Mr Crosbie for more information.

Defence Force visit

On Thursday 2nd May Defence Force Recruiting will be visiting. Students in Years 9, 11 & 12 will have the opportunity to come into the Theatrette to see their presentation (provided they have their class teachers approval in the form of a teacher sign sheet). Year 10’s will not be invited as they will have already had the opportunity to interact and ask questions of the DFR team as they will be at Careers Day Out two days earlier. This is a great opportunity to come along and find out about technical (and non-technical) trades, general entry, ADFA, Defence Force Reserve recruitment, Y.O.U sessions and university sponsorship.

Lighthouse Project Legal Careers Showcase

Twelve of our students, together with those from other schools, will get the opportunity to participate in a careers event exploring careers across the Law, Legal and Criminal Justice fields on Monday 20th May. The Lighthouse Project, who continue to provide amazing opportunities for Shepparton schools and students to better understand industry are organising this event. Participating students will get to …

Tour the court house
Talk with a Magistrate
Speed Careering - Meet & chat to professionals from a variety of fields over lunch
Take home a careers goodie bag - full of great further study pathways

Early in the term details of the excursion will be advertised to students through the Bulletin and Newsletter, as there are limited places students need to ensure they apply as soon as able.

Food & Fibre Careers Event

On Friday 24th May our students will get the opportunity to explore a wide range of careers at the annual Food & Fibre Careers event at Dookie College. It’s a ‘hands on’ event to give new experiences and information to students across all kinds of Agriculture, Viticulture, Horticulture, Bee keeping, Equine, Water, Genetics and careers across all related areas. Early in the term details of the excursion will be advertised to students through the Bulletin and Newsletter.

GV Health Careers Event

On Thursday 30th May our students will get the opportunity to explore a wide range of careers at the annual Rural Health Careers event at GV Health and The University of Melbourne’s Graham St Shepparton campus. It’s a ‘hands on’ event to give new experiences and information to students across all kinds of Health areas including: mental health, nursing, aged care, dentistry & oral health, midwifery, paramedicine, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and dietetics. Early in the term details of the excursion will be advertised to students through the Bulletin and Newsletter.

Nursing

The Australian College of Nursing is hosting a Nursing and Health Expo on Saturday 27th April at The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre between 8.30am – 1.30pm. You will be able to:

Meet a range of nursing and health organisations
Explore career pathways
Find out about educational opportunities

For more information, go to https://bit.ly/2Iw332H

La Trobe University

Experience Clever Day: Prospective students and their families are invited to participate in the ‘Experience Clever’ program at the Melbourne Bundoora campus on Friday 12 April. You will be able to:

Participate in three workshops of your choice or a ‘Clever Talk’
Speak to course advisers
Participate in a campus/accommodation tour

Registrations are now open, http://bit.ly/2p07y7b

Examples of course areas covered at the event include:

Biomedicine, Physics, Anatomy, Physiology
Nursing & Midwifery, Physiotherapy & Podiatry, Orthoptics, Paramedicine, Occupational Therapy, etc.
Commerce, Bloomberg Trading Room, Accounting, Economics & Finance

VCAL Work Related Skills

Mr Binks Work Related Skills class