Career & Pathways

Trade & Tech Fit Career Expo

On Wednesday 8 May, a group of twenty Year 9 and 10 female and gender-diverse students set off on a train trip into the city.  Our destination was the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, for an Expo created with girls and gender-diverse students in mind - the Trade & Tech Fit Career Expo. 

In its second year, the Trade & Tech Fit Career Expo has been designed to encourage female and gender diverse secondary school students to explore exciting careers in traditionally male-dominated industries.  It prides itself on being 100% hands-on, where students get the opportunity to get a little taste of different careers and start to consider their options for post-secondary pathways.

Our students had the opportunity to design video games, lay bricks, weld, fly planes, program a robot, safety test equipment, use power tools, learn to paint and much more.  They particularly enjoyed checking out the huge Mack truck and some construction vehicles, having a look at the 3D printing process, using a laser engraving program and generally just chatting with the different exhibitors to explore a huge range of careers that they never knew existed. 

We enjoyed a lunch along Southbank to end our time in the city.  Students reflected upon things that they had learnt and careers that piqued their interest, whilst excitedly doing a “show-and-tell” about all the goodies that they picked up at the expo.

A huge thank you to our students who enthusiastically attended this excursion, making the most of such a great opportunity.  We hope that it has given you a lot to think about and that some of these learnings will make their way into our pathway conversations with you over the next few years. We look forward to running this excursion again in 2025!

Items in the 3rd May edition of Career News include - 

• Dates to Diarise in Term 2
• Reminder: VCE and Careers Expo 2024
• Reminder: University of Melbourne Residential Colleges Open House
• Victorian Careers Show 2024
• JMC Academy Open Day – May 2024
• News from Monash University
  • Business Explorer Program
  • Art, Design and Architecture School Holiday Workshops
• Studying Clinical Technology at Swinburne University
• Discover ACU Workshops
• Studying Marine Science at Deakin University
• The Hotel School Industry Insights
• Biomedicine/Biomedical Science Degrees in Victoria in 2024
• Snapshot of The University of Melbourne (UoM) in 2024 

Items in the 10th May Career News include - 

• Dates to Diarise in Term 2
• ACU Talk with Industry Webinars
• Law Week 2024
• Reminder: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
• University of Sydney Year 12 Information Evening - Webinar
• News from Monash University
  • Monash Science Precinct Tours 2024
  • Upcoming Discover Monash Events
• Swinburne University's Early Entry Program – 2025 Entry
• La Trobe University's Aspire Community Contribution Program
• New Public Health and Epidemiology Major in Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne
• Business Degrees in Victoria in 2024    
• Commerce Degrees in Victoria in 2024  
• Snapshot of The Australian National University (ANU) in 2024

Jessie Dennison

den@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au           

Tim Knowles

kno@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au

Career Practitioners