VET and Careers News
Mrs Robyn Gooley and Mrs Michelle Carter
Careers Information Bulletin – Something for Everyone
There are so many fantastic and current career opportunities found in our fortnightly ‘Careers Information Bulletin’.
Read Now!
CAREERS
Mrs Michelle Carter - Careers Counsellor
(Wednesday and Friday, carterm@marash.qld.edu.au)
Options Careers Bulletin
The third edition of the 2026 Options Careers Bulletin is now available but remember you can download it directly via the APP using these steps:
Step 1: Use this link to access the screenshot below: Options Career Information
Step 2: Access Code: MCA
Step 3: Download the APP using the Access Code above
Step 4: Let me know if you have any issues 😊
We have also subscribed to Career Handouts which you should be able to access via this site. More will be added as they are updated for 2026.
Current Handouts include:
- Pathways to Medicine (across Australia) – see below also for more Medicine news
- Dentistry (across Australia)
- Early Entry/Admissions (see further below for a Guide to the schedule used for the 2025 cohort)
- ADF – Australian Defence Force
- ATARs – How it Works
- Applying for Tertiary Scholarships (also included is a separate Scholarship handout I sent the boys last week)
- Alternative Entry Pathway using VET Qualifications.
1 in 5 Jobs to Change by 2030
More than one in five jobs - 22 per cent - are expected to be fundamentally changed by 2030 as a result of technology change, the green transition, geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty and demographic shifts. The 2025 Future of Jobs Report reinforces that there is a critical and immediate need to reskill Australia's workforces and workplaces to meet the significant national and global challenges ahead. Click here to read more about:
- Top jobs facing growth and loss
- Top core skills and fastest growing skills
- Strategies to meet skill demands
- Public policies to support talent availability
- How Australia compares
- The Future of Jobs Report
7 Critical Thinking Skills You Need in an AI Powered Workplace
AI is fundamentally altering how we think, reason, and relate to each other. Without strong critical thinking skills, we risk becoming passive consumers rather than active, thoughtful partners. Unlike previous technological revolutions that primarily changed what we could do, AI is fundamentally altering how we think, reason, and relate to each other. Without developing strong critical thinking skills specifically calibrated for this AI age, we risk becoming passive consumers of AI-driven decisions rather than active, thoughtful partners with this technology. Click here to read the article explaining the 7 critical thinking skills you need in an AI powered workplace:
- Recognising limitations
- Pattern recognition vs Pattern breaking
- Value-based reasoning
- Authentic connection awareness
- Freedom-conscious decision making
- Ethical impact analysis
- Transcendent purpose alignment
Anticipating Future Skills (AFS)
Future skills. Future work. Future Queensland. publishes information about future skill needs and workforce planning. Click here to read the most recent report on Anticipating Future Skills Series 6.
Subsidised training and incentives
The Queensland Government invests in training based on industry advice to provide Queenslanders with the skills they need to gain meaningful and sustainable employment. So far, over 82,000 Queenslanders have benefitted from Free TAFE through around 200 courses. Find out more about:
- Fee-Free TAFE and Fee-Free TAFE | TAFE Queensland
- Free Nursing
- Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s
- Free Construction Apprenticeships for Over 25s
- Certificate III Guarantee (and a lot more!)
- User Choice (apprenticeship and traineeship funding)The User Choice program provides public funding for the delivery of accredited, entry level training to apprentices and trainees.
QUT Advice Night for Parents and Students (Year 12) QUT - Year 12 Advice Night
Year 12 students, parents and carers are invited to join QUT online on Tuesday 10 March (6pm-7.30pm ONLINE) to find out about course and career planning, how to apply, resources to support students through their studies and life as a uni student. Register here.
Tertiary Study Information in Parent Loung (as prepared by UniSC - University of the Sunshine Coast)
In the Parent Lounge you will find information about university that will assist you in supporting your child through Year 12 and then into University. Topics covered are listed below and you can register here for updates.
VET
Mrs Robyn Gooley - Program Leader - VET
On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of being there to assist in signing up William Eaton and Jack Marshall for their electrical apprenticeships at PJM Electrical.
Both boys were excited to begin their journey with bright futures ahead of them.
Good luck boys – we are sure you will do well!
Apprenticeship Opportunities
Please bring your current resume to the VET/ Careers office to enquire about these opportunities:
- Painting – Cert III in Painting
- Hospitality – Cert III in Hospitality
- Plumbing – Cert III in Plumbing
- Carpentry – Cert III in Carpentry (Many businesses requiring new apprentices)
- Pharmacy – Cert III in Community Pharmacy (A couple of chemists advertising)
- Newsagency – Cert III in Business
- Mater Education – Cert III in Health Services Assistance
- Landscaping – Cert III in Landscape Constructions
- Electrical – Cert III in electrotechnology
- Plus many more . . . .
Work Experience Opportunities
- Energy Queensland - Work Experience – Energy Queensland
- Come and grab a work experience form and have a chat about where you would be interested in doing your work experience – Careers Office
Work Experience Dates
Specific dates have been allocated for work experience for each year level. These have been selected to minimise impact on student learning and assessment:
- Year 10 - Wednesday 16th September - Friday 18th September (Week10 Term 3)
- Year 11 - Wednesday 27th May - Friday 29th May (Week 6 Term 2)
- Year 12 - Wednesday 24th June - Friday 26th June (Week 10 Term 2)