Middle School

Year 9 Careers Discovery Day

Year 9 Careers Discovery Day

Students across Year 9 all participated in Careers Discovery Day on Tuesday the 30th of July. Catherine Manning, from SEED Workshops, was the keynote speaker, who wowed the students with information about gender equity in the workforce and breaking gender stereotypes in careers. Earlier in the term students had been given the choice of 12 different workshops to choose 3 from. On the day they participated in these workshops to learn more about the profession, career pathways and the day to day routine of people within these fields. The Year 9 students were respectful, enthusiastic and gained much from this experience. Some of the students gained contacts that they may use for Work Experience in 2020 or they may assist them with their Careers Research Task that they are currently completing in InterGREAT.

 

Alyce Bailey

 Positive Education & Pathways Leader

 

On Tuesday the 30th of July, the year nine students at RSC participated in ‘Careers Discovery Day’, where we got to partake in 3 career workshops. The career workshops were different people from different types of careers coming in and giving us information about their careers, such as what they do in a typical day, what subjects were handy for the profession and also answering any questions we might have about the profession. The workshops I took place in were Paramedics, Law and Physiotherapy. Personally, I hope to become a paramedic when I’m older, and being able to talk to a paramedic was really interesting and helpful. I know what subjects I need/would be most helpful to study to be a paramedic, what skills are needed and also what I can get involved in now, as a 15 year old, to aid and prepare me for paramedics. Overall, the day was really helpful, interesting and fun, I’m glad we got this chance as it helped me and answered questions I have been dying to ask!

 Ebony K, 9I.

 

On Careers Discovery Day we got to delve into the details of some of the jobs that we were interested in. I think that it was a really fantastic day and I had a really good time. It is the perfect way to finally get a more professional view on the things that you had been aspiring to get into. The people who ran the sessions were extremely supportive and gave lots of very important and helpful information that will contribute to what pathways we end up taking and pursuing in the future. We learnt about what studies we should be taking and which qualifications we will be needing if we wish to continue on the path of the specific career we were learning about. We did some hands-on learning as well, for example, in my dance session, we actually got to learn some choreography to make the experience that more exciting and interesting to take part in. it was really great to make that first of many steps into what my future might look like.

Liljana H 9A

 

Today we all participated in 3 different workshops giving us a little look at potential career path options for us. The first one I participated in was the traineeship option. We had a man named Andrew speak to us about the traineeship option after school that helps us earn a certificate in something that gives you pay and on the job training after school. The next one I did was youth services. We got told how being a youth worker is so rewarding and fun! The hours are very flexible and you get to help the youth! The last one I participated in was Nursing and education. With a partner during the workshop we planned a year 3 course on Climate change. We had to include 3 things we wanted them to learn, where we would go for an excursion, 1 task they could complete and how we would finally asses them at the end of the unit. I overall had a really good time listening and learning about the different pathways and opportunities we have that we can take!

Hannah W, 9A

 

On this day, year 9 students completed three half an hour session to get a very good understanding of what we want to do as a career. My first session I went to was law, where two lawyers from Slater and Gordon came in and talked to us about a case that they have had to take to court. They also went through how both lawyers became lawyers and how they chose this career. One thing that I learnt was that you have to take into consideration both sides and what fault they both had in that situation. Something I found interesting was that you have to have a really high score to be a lawyer. My second session was Physiotherapy, and I absolutely LOVED it! I learnt that you have to have an atar score of 96%, and that you can take a science subject and still be a Physio. As a physio, you travel around the world to famous places, and I found that really interesting. My last session was the police force. I chose this because I want to work in the law, unfortunately, the police officers didn’t show up, so we checked out their website. I learnt that you have to be in really good physical health. I found the fact that there are police officers with disabilities was really interesting. The year 9 career discovery day gave me a good understanding of where I would like to head with my studies and career path.

Emily W, 9C

 

On Tuesday the 30th of July the year 9 students of Ringwood Secondary College had the opportunity to take three courses that would prepare us for future employment. One of the courses I did was the trainee apprentice called SportsReady which helped young kids get paid while getting real work experience and going to school at the same time. In the next session I did trade apprentice I learnt that if I did VCAL and learnt a trade I could get multiple certificates while getting work experience, getting paid and going to TAFE and if I didn’t like the trade I was doing I can change it. I was really interested in doing a trade apprenticeship and am thinking of taking it up next year. The last session I did was the paramedic one. While I found it interesting I knew that I wasn’t cut out for it because you had to get really good marks in school and do three years of university.

Mia F, 9C