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The following are links to websites that include Career Resources

Australian Apprenticeships Training Information Service

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) contracts Industry Training Australia Pty Ltd to provide an information and advisory service to Australia Apprenticeship Centres (AAC’s) and Registered Training Organisations (RTO’s) on Training Packages and the use of Training Package Qualifications as Australian Apprenticeships.
www.aatinfo.com.au

Australian Universities

Australian Universities is designed to assist prospective students who are gathering information on educational opportunities and options.
http://www.goingtouni.gov.au

Beyond Expectations DVD (profiling people with a disability in employment)

This resource is about people with a disability in employment. The DVD provides the story of 55 people with disabilities across:

• Blind Vision Impairment
• Deaf/Hearing Impairment
• Intellectual disability
• Learning Disability
• Physical Disability
• Psychiatric Disability
beyond_expectations.pdf

Career Advice Australia

Career Advice Australia is an Australian Government initiative committed to providing quality career education, and helping all young Australians makes a smooth transition through school and on to further study, training or work.
http://www.careeradviceaustralia.gov.au

Career Information Products

Provide information on how to choose an occupation and how to plan a career.
http://www.dest.gov.au/schools/careers/ciproducts.htm

Career Tips - People with Disabilities

careertips.net.au has been developed specifically as an information guide, resource kit and referral source for people with disabilities who are in their final years of school, who are about to commence or are undertaking vocational education and training (VET) studies, or university studies, or have recently graduated from one of these pathways.
http://www.careertips.net.au

Direct IT! South West Youth Services Directory

This is a project being undertaken by South West VETlink in partnership with South West Youth Coordinating Network, Focus Group for Training and Employment for Young People with Disability and My South West. The aim of the project is to:
Provide Youth Services in the South West with an opportunity to promote their services and facilities; and
Provide community members, young people, families, service providers etc with a clear pathway for accessing regional specific, up to date information regarding services.

Web site address: www.youth.mysouthwest.com.au

Flexible Learning Toolboxes

A collection of resources, suggested learning strategies and supporting material to support online delivery of qualifications from recognised training packages.
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/toolbox

Frank Magazine

editor: The FRANK Team
editorial board: Jessica Kiely, Anna La Grassa

FRANK (meaning: honest, open, to the point) was created "to provide young women with valuable and independent information to help them make their own informed choices related to career, relationships, personal growth, the environment, as well as fun stuff like entertainment and fashion.

www.frankmag.com.au

Gen Y

Monthly newsletter available and useful insight on engaging Gen Y in the workplace
Australian research with many snap shots of Gen Y and the workplace
Australian facts and figure regarding Gen Y

GETACCESS

Getaccess if designed to help you access key information. Whether your looking for work, planning a career or deciding on a training path,
being fully informed will help you get out of the starting gate on the right foot.
http://www.getaccess.wa.gov.au

Group Training Australia

Promoting Apprenticeships and Traineeships through Group Training.
www.grouptraining.com.au

Group Training Programmes

Provides information about several programmes which support New Apprenticeships growth through group training companies.
http://grouptraining.dest.gov.au/

Inspirational Movies

The following inspirational movies come from the website Simple Truths - www.SimpleTruths.com

Each presents one of life's "Simple Truths" and may be useful to include in your presentations.
What It Takes To Be Number One
The Powers of Teamwork

Jobjuice

Jobjuice is a useful site for students to gather career information. The jobjuice portal is provided by the Australian Government and is managed and maintained by the Department of Employment and Work place Relations (DEWR). Most of the information contained in and through this portal site is provided by DEWR.
http://www.jobjuice.gov.au/

Job Guide

Contains descriptions of around 600 occupations and over 1000 job titles and links them to training and education opportunities.
http://www.jobguide.dest.gov.au/

Job Outlook

Provides information on job prospects, weekly earnings, type of work and other occupational information.
http://www.jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook

My Future

Information about career planning and education, and training options for Australian jobs.
http://www.myfuture.edu.au

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

Provides research, reports, statistical information and news about vocational education and training in Australia.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/

New Apprenticeships Access Programme (NAAP)

NAAP provides information about pre-vocational training and other forms of assistance available to disadvantaged job seekers.
http://naap.dest.gov.au/

Parents as Career Partners

Of interest to parents and caregivers are the Parents as Career Partners seminars. These seminars help you understand the current work and training environment, as well as providing practical steps to assist your children with career planning.

The seminars will provide you with very useful information on where the real career opportunities are for your children and where parents and their children can go to get the right information on career, training and work.

http://www.employmentdirections.net.au/pacp.html

Steve Waugh Presents: Chase your Dreams

A teaching resource that uses contemporary role models to helps students explore their dreams and life choices.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/career_development/publications...

Students @ Work

A new website launched to help students balance the competing demands of full time study and part time work. It is aimed at students, teachers, parents and employers, all helping students achieve the right balance. NSW resource but has transferability.
www.studentsatwork.org.au

TAFE Handbook WA

Is a comprehensive guide to full time studies at TAFE colleges. It includes courses, a course calendar and enrolment advice.
http://www.tafe.wa.edu.au/

Tertiary Institutions Services Centre

http://www.tisc.edu.au/

The Department of Education and Training

Schools information
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/schoolinfo/schoolsList.htm

The Real Game

The Real Game is a series of personal career exploration games that help students to see the connection between school studies and life after school. The Real Game offers a series of six programmes designed for a variety of age groups.
http://www.realgame.gov.au/index.htm

The ‘Web’ Careers Information Guide

The Internet contains a vast amount of information and resources available for young people to assist them with their career direction and career decision processes.
Information that is developed by government, training and educational organisations and industry providing answers to many of those questions young people ask when trying to decide what career may be for them and how to get there.

“The ‘Web’ Careers Information Guide” can help young people and provide them with the information they may need. This is a guide only -and the nature of the ‘world wide web’ means new sites are being developed all the time. Please do not restrict your search to this guide.

The_Web_Careers_Information_Guide.doc

Training and Youth Online

Includes news about training issues and developments at the federal level.
http://www.dest.gov.au/

Vocational Education and Training

http://www.anta.gov.au/

Wagenet

Wagenet provides pathways to sites about awards and conditions at the state and federal (including the territories) levels, including for trainees and apprentices. It also includes links to the workplace relations agencies. For more detailed information go to ;
http://www.wagenet.gov.au/

WestOne - Discover NEW Learning Solutions

WestOne collaborates with our clients within the education & training sector to build capability for flexible learning innovation in the areas of K-12 Curriculum Resources, VET Learning Materials, and Career Development Resources.
http://www.westone.wa.gov.au

WIRL – “What its really like”

'WIRL Careers’ with the acronym ‘WIRL’ meaning ‘What It’s Really Like’ is a web based media Careers Resource. The vision behind this resource is to provide an on-line bank of video segments across a comprehensive range of careers. This resource is primarily designed for secondary school
students between years 10 to 12 and will provide an opportunity for them to explore online video segments of different careers.

The idea of each segment is to give a short but realistic insight into a career through the eyes of a young practitioner who is not too distant in age from the students. The segment will cover topics like; what an average day is like, what is good and what is hard about their vocation, how they got the job, what future pathways and options now exist and what young people can do to prepare to get such a job

Young People with Disability
Leah - Call Centre
Jamie - Viticulture
Bryce and Geoff - Meat Processing
Zoe - Personal Care Assistant
Cameron - Timber Worker
Jarrod - Timber Worker

Young People in Rural Industries
Brendan - Landscape Designer
Jay - Dairy Farmer
Julian - Turf Farm
Matt - Equine - Horse Trainer

Year 12 -  What Next ?

Fast facts
By 2015 80% of people currently in the workforce will still be in the workforce but 80% of current technology will be replaced with new technology.
Year 12 what next?

Youth Mentoring

This Network is an initiative of the National Youth Mentoring Partnership which consists of four not-for profit organisations (The Smith Family, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia and Job Futures) and the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The Youth Mentoring Network aims to work with interested youth mentoring organisations and practitioners to foster the growth and development of high quality mentoring programs for young people in Australia by providing a national base of collaboration, support, guidance and expertise.
http://www.youthmentoring.org.au

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