The Collective

Careers and Pathways

Mr Brett Steeples - Head of Academic Performance and Pathways

Apprenticeship and traineeship info

 

Queensland Government's Department of Employment, Small Business and Training has up to date information on:

 

Apprenticeships and Traineeships

The term ‘Australian Apprenticeships’ covers both apprenticeships and traineeships, which start when an employer creates a job and decides to use this pathway for employing and training staff. 

  • They are available to anyone of working age with eligibility to work in Australia. 
  • There are no specific school levels, certificates or other qualifications needed to start one. 
  • They offer opportunities for you to train, study and earn an income at a variety of Vocational Education and Training qualification levels in many occupations and can be full-time, part-time or school based.

A school-based apprenticeship or traineeship allows you to start your training while you are still at school and will contribute credit towards your Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). You can find out about school-based apprenticeships and traineeships on the Apprenticeships Info website.

 

Find your work type

The Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships Pathways site has a Work Type Explorer tool that will help you explore trade occupations within your selected work types. The work types to explore are:

  • Analytic and Investigative - Solve problems through observation, analysis and critical thinking
  • Conventional and Organising - Use your attention to detail, work with data and follow instructions to achieve goals
  • Creative and Artistic - Express yourself through artistic ideas, self-expression and innovation
  • Manual and Realistic - Work with your hands to create or fix things, working outdoors with machines or other tools
  • Persuading and Enterprising - Influences people by persuading, leading or promoting products and ideas to them
  • Social and Helping - Help people, often through advising, teaching, guiding or caring them

 If you already know what your career interests are, you can go straight to this explorer. You can also use it after you have done their Career Interest Explorer. 

 

Find out what it's like to join the ADF

There are several resources on the website that can increase your understanding of life in the Defence Forces. For example:

 

How to join the ADF

There are several ways to join the Navy, Army or Air Force, with many roles offering more than one entry method. To help you choose the right path for you, the ADF have broken down the different requirements for ‘General Entry’ and ‘Officer Entry’ below. Click here to find out more about:

  • General Entry  
    • General non-technical positions
    • Technical and trade apprenticeships
    • Qualified positions
  • Officer Entry  
    • Navy Officer training
    • Army Officer training
    • Air Force Officer training
  • Tertiary education options  
    • Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)
    • Undergraduate entry
    • Tertiary Aviation Reimbursement scheme (TARS)
    • Graduate medical program
    • Graduate entry

 

 

Are you ready to find Your Career?

On the Australian Government website Your Career you can take a quick quiz to find study, training or job options that support your current career ideas or goals. On the site you can find information about:

  • Are you ready to find your career
  • Explore your career
  • Industries in demand
  • Quick links - occupations, learn and train, resources
  • Articles

 

Australian Skills Classification - find out about that job you're interested in

The Australian Government Jobs and Skills Australia website will help you to define the skills that underpin jobs in Australia including the one/s that you are interested in. The Classification identifies three types of skills for every occupation: specialist tasks, technology tools and core competencies. You can explore the data by skills cluster or by occupation. Visit their website for more information about the skills clusters and occupations including:

  • Core competency level required
  • Cluster families used by occupation
  • Occupational specialisations 
  • A summary of specific occupational tasks including time spent on the task and transferability of the skill

myfuture website

myfuture is free and you sign-up at your first visit to the site. You will enter a username and password for access for future visits. The site contains information on courses, occupations, industries and institutions. On the site you can find:

  • My career profile - Complete activities to identify interests, values and skills and view suggested occupations to explore career pathways (you have to register first but it's free).
  • Career bullseyes - Find out what career pathways are related to school learning areas.
  • Occupations - Explore over 350 occupations describing tasks, skill levels and current labour market information (you have to register first but it's free).
  • Industries  - Access important information (including employment prospects) for each industry.
  • Career articles  - Discover practical information to support your career exploration.
  • Courses  - Discover a course for you by viewing current higher education and vocational education and training (VET) courses (you have to register first but it's free).
  • Job seeker resources - Discover resume and cover letter templates and other resources to help you find and gain a job.
  • Career stories - Learn tips and tricks by reading real-life career stories about personal experiences.
  • User guide videos - View short videos that demonstrate key sections of the website to learn how to get the most out of myfuture.

 

 

Is VET worth doing?

The latest NCVER VET student outcomes report shows that in 2022, 65% of VET qualification completers had an improved employment status after completing their training, up by 4.4 percentage points from 2021. Among the qualification completers who were not employed before training, 49.6% got a job after their training. Click here to find a summary of the outcomes and satisfaction of students who completed nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) delivered by registered training organisations (RTOs) in Australia during 2021 using data collected between June and August 2022.

 

Jobs and Skills - a new career and industry website

As of 16 November 2022, Jobs and Skills Australia has commenced as an Australian Government statutory body. The Government established Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) as a statutory body to provide independent advice on current, emerging and future workforce, skills and training needs. All reports and information published by the National Skills Commission will continue to remain available either on nationalskillscommission.gov.au or labourmarketinsights.gov.au.  https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/ . 

 

Women and girls in STEM

Involvement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) builds new industries, makes Australia internationally competitive and supports high living standards. The Australian Government aims to increase gender equity in STEM education and careers. Increased representation of women in STEM improves the talent pool, delivers business benefits from enhanced diversity and builds and sustains the economy. Click here to read more about the move to open STEM doors to more women and girls including:

  • Stem equity monitor
  • Advancing women in STEM strategy
  • Supporting women and girls in STEM
  • Latest news and case studies
  • Women in STEM ambassador

 

 

HECS-HELP: What you should know now for later

If you are studying at a public funded university or an approved private university or college, you will be offered either a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) or a fee-paying place. A CSP is an Australian Government subsidised place. Students with a CSP (called Commonwealth supported students) only pay a ‘student contribution’ instead of the full cost of their course.

The Australian  Government has several financial assistance programs to help you meet the cost of your tertiary education. The HECS-HELP scheme is one of these programs. They are loan schemes for eligible Commonwealth supported students. Through this scheme, students can defer payment of their student contribution until they are earning a specified amount (called the compulsory repayment threshold). They then repay their loan through the taxation system.

For more information about HECS-HELP, visit the Australian Taxation Office website or Study Assist website.

 

VET Student Loans

The VET Student Loans program offers income contingent loan support to eligible students studying certain diploma level and above vocational education and training qualifications. Click here for more information on:

Students are required to repay the loan through the taxation system when their income reaches the repayment threshold. See the Study Assist website for threshold information. Eligible courses and approved providers are also available on the myskills website. They update information on their websites regularly so keep checking 

 

 

Interested in a career in Indigenous Health?

There are many types of job opportunities available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the health sector, from dental assistants to dieticians, from physiotherapists to paramedics, from nurses to neurosurgeons. Some health jobs involve working in hospitals and clinics, while others involve working in private practices or out in the community. Some jobs suit people who like working behind the scenes, while others suit people who love face to face contact with the public. You will find more information on the Indigenous Health Heroes website.

Click the Australian Governments Department of Health links below for more information about:

  • About the workforce - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff provide culturally safe services for their communities
  • Our Support - Increase the numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in health
  • Jobs and scholarships - The Australian Government helps First Nations students complete their studies and join the health workforce.
  • Initiatives and programs - A list of programs we fund that are relevant to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

 

Queensland Government - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Careers and Training

The Queensland Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander website has information on:

The website also contains information for current cadetships and traineeships, graduate opportunities and other useful job and application information.

'We Deadly Together' School-Based Traineeships

"Wesley Mission Queensland's 'We Deadly Together' School-Based Traineeships" is where students will complete both Certificate II In Health Support Services and Certificate III in Health Services Assistance.

The School-based Traineeship Program is facilitated by Connect' n' Grow at Wesley Mission Queensland locations for First Nations students who will be in Year 11 in 2023.

The program will be held at five designated health hubs across the following WMQ's training sites based in Queensland: 

  • Wheller Gardens (Chermside)
  • John Wesley Gardens (Geebung)
  • Anam Cara (Bray Park)
  • Sinnamon Park (West Brisbane)
  • Hyland House (Petrie)

If any eleventh-grade First Nations students are interested in the traineeship, please get them to register their interest here. Applications close on February 13 for the first intake. 

For more information click here, or email schools@connectngrow.edu.au or phone 1300 283 662.