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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.