Contents
Explore my career options
Find a job that suits your interests
Select Explore my career options to answer a series of questions about your interests
that will highlight jobs that match your preferences.
Career Guidance
A career guidance advisor will guide you through a list of questions about your interests.
It is important to answer these questions based on your interests not your skills.
You can always learn new skills. In this section you don't want to limit yourself to jobs
you can already do. Once you answer the first question, a list of jobs will appear
in the lower half of the screen. As you answer each of the questions, the list of jobs
(approx 1000 jobs) will re-order according to your interests. The more questions you answer,
the more tailored the list of jobs will become to your preferences.
At any stage, you can stop answering questions, and explore the list of jobs.
You will notice an initial group of jobs that you may find interesting.
Select "next" to view more jobs in the list.
Tell me more about a job
If you think you know what job or industry you would like to work in, you can go directly
an information page about that job, or select a job from an industry to find out more about it.
Search for a job by keyword
Type in a word that is in the title of the job you are looking for. For example,
if you are interested in finding out more about a landscape gardener, you might type in "garden".
A list of jobs will appear that use the word you typed, for example:
- Head Gardener
- General Gardener
- Landscape Gardener
- Garden Labourer
Select the job you are interested in, to find out more about your chosen job.
Select an industry
You may know the area you are interested in working in, but may not know which
specific job you would be most interested in. Select an industry from the drop down
list of industries, e.g. "hospitality and tourism"
Employment opportunities
Having chosen a job, you can find out more about the job, or find positions
that have been advertised by employers wanting to hire in that area.
Find Jobs on JobSearch
Follow this link and you will be taken to the Australian JobSearch website.
If JobSearch have positions available for the job you have selected, you will be able
to select each job, browse the job. Application details are available for each of these positions.
To go back to your TAFE Skills to Work page, just close the JobSearch page, and continue exploring jobs.
View JobOutlook for jobs
Follow this link and you will be taken to the Australian Careers website.
Here you will be able to find information about:
- Occupation Size
- Weekly Earnings
- Job Prospects
- Key Indicators
- Main Employing Industries
- Percentage of People Working Full Time
- Main Age Group
- Gender Breakdown
- Level of Unemployment
- Regional Breakdown of Employment
When you have finished finding out more about this job, close the
Australian Career website and continue exploring jobs in the TAFE Skills to Work page.
Can I perform this job?
Having chosen a job you think you might find interesting, you can:
- fill in a questionnaire to determine how well your current skills match the skills required for that job; and
- answer a brief set of questions to determine if you would enjoy this type of job
Match your skills to the a specific job
Select this link to determine if you currently have the skills
required to perform the job you have selected.
This page has a list of questions on the left. On the right there are a range of options
you can select with a mouse click. Select, Low, Medium, or High to indicate whether you
have this skill developed to a low level, medium level, or high level.
Once you have answered each of the questions, select the Go button.
You will then see a screen with coloured buttons down the right hand side.
- Green indicates you have the skills required
- Yellow indicates you have part of the required skills
- Red indicates you have yet to develop this skill.
You will notice at the bottom of the screen, there is a bar that indicates
the percentage of skills you have that match the skills required for that position.
For example you may have Match 75%.
See if you would enjoy a specific job
Select this link to determine if you would enjoy the specific job you have chosen.
Each question has a drop down menu of options. Select the option that suits you the best.
Once you get to the end of the list, select the Go button.
A statement will appear at the top of the next screen indicating whether you are likely to enjoy this position.
Career Extensions
Career pathways
Sometimes people have been in a career or job for a while and would like to develop
new skills to build skills they currently have, rather than re-training in an entirely
new field. This section allows people to consider extensions to currently existing jobs.
You will notice a list of jobs that are listed under this heading.
Select any jobs you are interested in. You can then explore the courses
you would need to take, learn more about the new job, or apply for jobs in these areas.
Jobs that require similar skills to a specific job
Sometimes people have been in a career or job for a while and would like to do a new
job, but would prefer not to have to develop a whole new set of skills.
This section provides a list of jobs that use some similar skills to the job the person
is currently skilled in, but in a different industry. For example, a person may be
qualified as a Botanist. Some jobs that may use similar skills include:
- Soil Scientist
- Biochemist
- Geologist
- Geophysicist
- Safety Inspector
Businesses that you could enter with skills for a specific job
Once qualified in an area, it often possible to work for an employer, or start up your own business.
This section lists some possible businesses that a person could do once they have a particular qualification.
For example, a person who is qualified as a Domestic Cleaner may choose to develop a business in any of the following areas:
- Laundry
- Commercial Cleaning Business
- Window Cleaning Business
- Steam Cleaning Business
- Domestic Help Services
- Dry Cleaner
Related Courses
A key aspect of deciding on a new job or career is to know what training is required,
where you can do the required course, the number of years of training you will have to
commit to and the level of training (TAFE, University, Apprenticeship, Certificate)
Scroll down the list of courses. Select the course you are interested in to find
out more about it. You can apply for the course online.
Quick links
You will notice on the right hand side of the page a number of boxes that allow you
to access frequently-used parts of the website quickly and easily.
These include a Login (available on the Home page), Job Search and Courses Search
Login
You can login to the system using the login function at the right side of the screen.
If you do not have a login, you can register for a login.
There are a number of advantages in logging in.
These include the ability to
- Save a job favourites list
- Save your consultation with the Career Advisor, to resume at a later date
Jobs Search
Type in a word that is in the title of the job you are looking for by keyword.
Select the job you are interested in, to find out more about your chosen job.
See Search for a job by Keyword for more information.
Courses Search
Search for a specific course you are interested in.
For example if you are interested in becoming a Speech Pathologist,
but do not know the course names that exist, if you type in the word
speech, a list of courses that have the word speech will appear:
- Master of Speech Pathology
- Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing and Speech
- Bachelor of Speech Pathology
Select the course you are interested in to find more details.
