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Apprenticeships and Employment ........................................................................................... 4
Fee-free training for Year 12 graduates ............................................................................... 4
Future jobs ............................................................................................................................ 4
Resources for getting a job – full-time or part-time ........................................................... 6
Australian Defence Force ......................................................................................................... 7
Women in the Air Force Q & A ............................................................................................. 7
Course and Institution Updates ............................................................................................... 8
Bond University updates ...................................................................................................... 8
Studying medicine at Bond University in 2015 – information for current Year 11 students ..... 8
Bond with Bond in Brisbane ......................................................................................................... 8
Certificate IV in Adult Tertiary Preparation (ATP) information sessions at BNIT ............... 8
Courses in business, natural medicine, fitness, interior design, and more ........................ 8
Griffith updates..................................................................................................................... 9
Griffith Business Year 12 Program in 2014 .................................................................................. 9
2014 Schoolgirls’ Breakfast and Career Experience Day ............................................................. 9
Interested in computer animation or architecture and design? ......................................... 9
Interested in hairdressing? ................................................................................................. 10
Interested in leadership and community service? ............................................................ 10
News from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) .................................................... 10
Options Q & A Evenings ............................................................................................................. 10
Six tips for preparing to study at USC ........................................................................................ 10
Resources for students and parents .......................................................................................... 11
Parents as Career Transition Support (PACTS) workshop ................................................. 11
Sarina Russo Institute ......................................................................................................... 11
Selected November and December 2013 events and due dates ...................................... 11
November ................................................................................................................................... 11
December .................................................................................................................................... 12
Southbank nursing student experience information session ........................................... 14
Wanted: City kids looking for rural skills ........................................................................... 14
Financial Assistance and Scholarships ................................................................................... 16
Australian International Student Scholarship (AISS) ......................................................... 16
Griffith University scholarship update ............................................................................... 16
University of Melbourne engineering scholarships .......................................................... 16
Indigenous Engineers Scholarship.............................................................................................. 16
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2014 Paterson Scholarship in Engineering ................................................................................. 16
Occupational Information ...................................................................................................... 18
Animal jobs ......................................................................................................................... 18
Tourism and hospitality ...................................................................................................... 18
QTAC and Tertiary Entry ......................................................................................................... 19
School VS Uni – what UQ students say .............................................................................. 19
Tertiary application help for 2013 Year 12s after graduation ........................................... 19
What does university gobblygook mean? ......................................................................... 19
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Appre ntice shi ps and Empl oyment
As part of the Queensland Government’s ‘Great skills, Real opportunities’ action plan,
Year 12 graduates will be able to access fee-free training in high priority areas from
January 2014. The fee-free initiative will apply to high priority qualifications available under the Certificate III Guarantee program. Visit http://training.qld.gov.au/information/investing-inskills/certificate3/students.html#priority-quals for more information about this initiative.
The following are excerpts and adaptations from ‘Hot jobs for the future’, an article written by Grace Johnson, accessed from the My Career website at http://content.mycareer.com.au/advice-research/books/articles/jobs-of-thefuture.aspx
. The article was written in 2010 but is still relevant today.
If you learn how new jobs come about you will be ahead of the job-hunting queue when the time comes. So how do new jobs emerge? The need for business to create new jobs comes about in a couple of ways:
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When new technology and new ways of gathering and processing information lead to new ways of solving old problems
 When there are genuine new problems out there that need to be solved.
This is what jobs are all about. New jobs are created in response to the need to do new things, save time, do things faster, reduce cost, improve safety and reliability, make things easier to use or, more and more these days, more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Consequently, being aware of emerging trends is essential.
Become an expert ‘trend watcher’ and ‘opportunity thinker’. Trend watching is the skill of peeping over the horizon at changes that are coming before they fully get here. Developing the skills of ‘opportunity thinking’ means you develop an open mind about the future and start looking for whatever opportunities there are in the developing trends. When you’re looking at trends, try and avoid getting stuck on a
‘fad’. A fad has a brief season of popularity, while a trend is something that brings long-term change.
So what are the hot job areas for the near future?
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Health is a hot job area now and it’s only going to become more important in the next decade and more. Health includes endless jobs and professions – from doctors and nurses to personal and homecare workers to alternative medical practitioners to aged-care workers. We may even see jobs develop like
‘chronic illness coaches’ (people who work with and support people with chronic illnesses) and ‘private service navigators’ (people who find a quick way for people with longer term illnesses to find and coordinate the range of support services they need).
 Australia’s ageing population will create all sorts of job opportunities, perhaps from selling independence aids to becoming ‘independence managers’.
 Business sectors dealing with carbon capture, carbon trading or emissions
trading will see a jobs boom over the next decade. Ditto for the renewable and sustainable energy industry.
 Ethical farming and treatment of animals are emerging trends. So watch the jobs grow in these areas.
 Society may well continue to divide more sharply along ‘have’ and ‘have not’ lines so there’s likely to be an increasing need for social and community
workers in various guises to provide support and educative services to people doing it hard.
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People who can afford to pay for it will increasingly seek specialist help in challenging areas of life. So we’ll find a move towards more people hiring career, lifestyle, personal health, personal fitness and retirement coaches and
managers.
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Australia’s population is currently growing faster than any other country in the world; with projections we will reach 36 million by 2050. So we will desperately need more planners and engineers of every description, and the
building and construction industry, though cyclical, looks like remaining strong.
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Our resources aren’t going away; so neither is the need for skilled engineers
and managers, trades people, labourers, truck drivers and support people for projects.
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Education and training will remain strong, particularly as people come to grips with the need for continuous skills updating over the career span.
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Content creation for burgeoning online media and entertainment outlets will mean increasing demand for content providers. Likewise demand for video and
online games isn’t going to decrease any time soon.
 Demand for firefighters is predicted to grow by around 20 per cent over the next decade, so don’t discount this as a good career, whether you’re male or female.
 Anything to do with information security will offer good opportunities. This also applies to jobs for people who could be termed forensic computer specialists – that is, people who can detect hidden patterns in data and track and find hidden information.
 Every facet of the security sector will burgeon – from people who simply provide security guard services to those who develop, install and maintain all manner of increasingly sophisticated security systems. This will be accompanied by demand for people who work in compliance and accounting – various sorts of auditing jobs as well as straightforward accounting.
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Watch for the growth in virtual assistants or virtual personal managers – those who can organise a whole lot of things for us remotely.
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Chefs, cooks and people who teach cooking, in person or online, is another likely growth area as fewer people cook and eat at home and basic cooking skills decline.
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Australia will see an upsurge in philanthropy. What that means in terms of jobs, I’m not so sure. Just keep your eye on this quiet sector.
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Think the environment and think green jobs. The demand for jobs in this sector will continue to be strong for everything from low-skill, entry-level jobs to highskill, well-paid jobs.
Go to the website listed above if you would like to read the entire article.
The SCIPS website at http://www.scips.org.au/ (click on ‘Resources’) has tips on getting and keeping a job and templates for resumes and cover letters.
The Australian Apprenticeships Pathways website at http://www.aapathways.com.au/Home (click ‘Career Resources’ and ‘The Pathway to an Australian Apprenticeship Flowchart’) for steps to getting an apprenticeship.
The myfuture ‘Get that job’ webpage at http://www.myfuture.edu.au/en/The%20Facts/Work%20and%20Employment/Get%2
0that%20Job.aspx
has a broad range of very helpful tips for young job seekers, including how to present yourself well, applying for jobs, responding to job offers.
The Careerone ‘Career advice’ webpage at http://career-advice.careerone.com.au/ contains useful tips on resumes and job interviews.
The Seek website at http://www.seek.com.au/jobsresources/?cid=sk:main:au:tab:tools contains tips on producing ideal resumes and acing an interview.
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Australian Defence Force
On the evening of Thursday 28 November 2013, female students interested in learning more about life in the Australian Air Force will have an opportunity to ask questions of current officers through a live broadcast. Visit http://www.defencejobsbroadcasts.gov.au/air-force/broadcasts/ for more information and to register.
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Cour se and Institution Update s
Studying medicine at Bond University in 2015 – information for current Year 11 students
Year 11 students can download a handout on studying medicine at Bond in 2015 at http://www.bond.edu.au/prod_ext/groups/public/@pub-admissionsdomgen/documents/image/bd3_028422.pdf
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Bond with Bond in Brisbane
This event will be held on the evening of Thursday 12 December 2013. It will provide participants with an opportunity to meet with other prospective Bond students and to learn about life at Bond from Bond teachers, students and alumni. Go to http://www.bond.edu.au/about-bond/news-and-events/events/BD3_028385 for details.
Brisbane North Institute of TAFE (BNIT) will hold these sessions at its various campuses on the dates listed below. The APT certificate provides an upgrade pathway for people wanting to gain entry to a university course in the future. The subjects studied in the certificate provide the skills needed to be successful at this level of study.
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27 November 2013 – 5 -6.30 pm, Ithaca campus
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28 November 2013 – 5 -6.30 pm, Caboolture campus
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22 January 2014 – 5 -6.30 pm, Caboolture campus
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23 January 2014 – 5 - 6.30pm, Grovely campus
See http://www.bn.tafe.qld.gov.au/about-bnit/news-events/events.html
for details.
The Think: Education Group consists of a number of accredited private colleges offering a broad range of courses in vocational and higher education. The following colleges from this group have campuses in Brisbane.
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APM College of Business and Communication ( http://www.apm.edu.au/studyoptions/brisbane-campus ) – Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Event
Management.
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Australasian College of Natural Therapies ( http://www.acnt.edu.au/aboutus/brisbane-campus ) – Naturopathy, Nutrition, Fitness, Massage, Western
Herbal Medicine, Health Science, Sports Development.
 Australian National College of Beauty ( http://www.ancb.edu.au/studyoptions/beauty-college-brisbane ) – Beauty Therapy and Beauty Therapy
Courses (e.g. Nail Technology, Make-Up, Aromatherapy and Relaxation
Massage).
 Billy Blue College of Design ( http://www.billyblue.edu.au/campuses/brisbane )
– Communication Design, Digital Media Design, Commercial Interiors,
Residential Interiors, Brand Fashion, Design Fundamentals. The college will hold an open day on 30 November 2013 - http://www.billyblue.edu.au/events .
 CATC Design School ( http://www.catc.edu.au/campuses/brisbane ) –
Photography, Interior Design, Graphic Design. The school will hold an open day on 30 November 2013 - http://www.catc.edu.au/events/open-days-and-opennights/catc-brisbane-open-day-saturday-30th-november .
Griffith Business Year 12 Program in 2014
This program offers an opportunity for high achieving business secondary students to experience university first hand. Applications for 2014 close on 7 February 2014. See http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/griffith-business-school/high-schoolcommunity-programs/griffithbusiness for more information.
2014 Schoolgirls’ Breakfast and Career Experience Day
This event is for Year 11 and 12 female students who excel in both sport and academic studies. It provides an opportunity to find out about career pathways related to sport. In 2014, the experience day will be held on Wednesday 14 May. More information can be found at http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/griffithbusiness-school/high-school-community-programs/schoolgirls-breakfast-careerexperience-day .
Bubble Dome runs a range of school holiday workshops where computer learning is combined with lateral thinking problem-solving activities. It will offer the following workshops in Brisbane and/or on the Gold Coast over the coming summer holiday period.
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Mindcraft inventions and challenges
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Mindcraft advanced
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3D animation and games design
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Architecture and model making
Visit the Bubble Dome website at http://bubbledome.com/ for more information.
The Brisbane School of Hairdressing and the Gold Coast School of Hairdressing offer the Certificate II in Hairdressing during the December/January school holidays. The course could help you explore hairdressing as a future career. Graduates will gain three months off a hairdressing apprenticeship. Visit http://www.brishair.com.au/bshcourses/certificate-ii-in-hairdressing-school-holiday-schedule/ for more information.
If so, why not investigate the Lions Youth of the Year Quest. This is a project of Lions
Clubs International of Australia and Papua New Guinea. It is designed to encourage student interest in leadership and taking an active role in the community. Students between the ages of 15 – 18 are welcome to apply. See http://lionsclubs.org.au/activities/youth/yoty/ for more information about the Quest.
The following are excerpts from the latest USC newsletter. It can be accessed at http://www.interactivemail.alwaysinteractive.com/em/mail/view.php?id=1776389535
&a=23691&k=a052d6c .
Options Q & A Evenings
These evenings will be held on 16 December 2013 at Sippy Downs and on 17
December 2013 at Gympie. The sessions will give prospective students an opportunity to tour the campus, get tips on how to succeed in their first year of university and get one-on-one advice about university entry and studying at USC in 2014. Read more at http://www.usc.edu.au/study/study-at-usc/open-day-and-information-events/uscoptions-qa-evening .
Six tips for preparing to study at USC
 Check if you are eligible for financial assistance - http://www.usc.edu.au/study/scholarships (note due dates).
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Get your preferred class times by enrolling early and checking the class timetable.
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Be prepared by buying your text books and other stationery and check out the online student portal – you will need your USC username and password to do this (you will get these when you enrol).
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Attend the sessions and activities during orientation week - http://www.usc.edu.au/study/apply-and-enrol/orientation .
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Brush up on your academic skills and check out the academic support services available at USC - http://www.usc.edu.au/study/support-andservices/academic-and-study-support .
 If you need help, just ask. See the support services available at http://www.usc.edu.au/study/support-and-services .
Resources for students and parents
These can be accessed from http://www.usc.edu.au/study/study-at-usc/open-dayand-information-events/update-me . They include Facebook links and newsletters.
The PACTS program is designed to provide parents/carers with information about educational pathways to assist their children in their transition within the secondary school system and beyond. Youth Connect will hold a PACTS facilitator workshop on the 4 and 5 of December 2013 at Benowa State High School on the Gold Coast. See http://www.gccareers.net/2013-pacts-facilitator-workshop.html
for instructions on how to RSVP. For information about the contents of the workshop, visit http://www.youthconnect.com.au/career-transition-programs/pacts/ .
This private college, with training centres in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine
Coast, offers accredited certificate and diploma courses in business and management. It also offers a range of short courses, including Coffee Making and
Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA). The Institute assists its students in finding employment. For further information, visit http://www.sri.edu.au/ .
November
18 UQ Scholarships for Economics students commencing in 2014 applications close http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/year-12-australiandomestic-students
19 Projects Abroad Online Information Event http://www.projectsabroad.com.au/about-us/meet-us/online-info-sessions/
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27 Aviation Australia Information Night http://www.aviationaustralia.aero/
28 QTAC early offer round for some Semester 1 2014 courses http://www.qtac.edu.au/
29 UQ and St Leo’s Music Achievement Scholarship applications close http://www.uq.edu.au/music/uq-and-st-leo-s-college-music-achievementscholarship
29 ConocoPhillips Science Experience at UQ for students in Years 9 and
10 applications close http://www.scienceexperience.com.au/whenwhere/all/university-of-queensland-st-lucia
December
1 University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Phoenix $1000 Bursary applications open http://www.usq.edu.au/future-students/phoenix-bursary
3 CQUniversity Online Information Session http://www.cqu.edu.au/calendar/event-items/information-session/onlineinformation-session6?SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2013-12-03
4 Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE (MSIT) Options Evening http://msit.tafe.qld.gov.au/ (click on ‘MSIT Options Evening’)
6 Robertson Scholars Program Scholarship applications close http://scholarships.online.unsw.edu.au/scholarship/sc_al_search_detail.display
_scholarship_details?p_schedule_id=1542&p_scholarship_specific_id=607
6 CQUniversity B Music and B Theatre applications for audition due http://www.qtac.edu.au
7 SAE Qantm Open Day http://sae.edu.au/news-andevents/events/brisbane-open-day-december/?date=2013-12-07
7 Design College Australia Open Day http://www.designcollege.com.au/
9 Aspiring Teacher Grants applications close http://education.qld.gov.au/hr/recruitment/teaching/aspiring-teachergrants.html
11 Aviation Australia Information Night http://www.aviationaustralia.aero/
11 Last date to apply for the QTAC January major offer round http://www.qtac.edu.au
(applications submitted after this date may not be assessed in time for the 16 January 2014 major offer round)
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12 QTAC major offer round for most creative and performing arts courses and a small number of other courses http://www.qtac.edu.au
13 Year 12 results mailed by the Queensland Studies Authority http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/6339.html
13 Adam Scott Foundation Sports Business Scholarship applications close http://www.griffith.edu.au/scholarships/categories/sports-scholarships/adamscott-foundation-scholarship
14 Year 12 results available online in student Learning Accounts https://studentconnect.qsa.qld.edu.au/
14 Charlton Brown Open Day http://www.charltonbrown.com.au/newsand-media/events/
16 James Cook University information session in Townsville http://www.jcu.edu.au/infoevents/
16 University of the Sunshine Coast Sippy Downs Campus Options Q & A
Evening http://www.usc.edu.au/study/study-at-usc/open-day-andinformation-events/usc-options-qa-evening
16 Australian Catholic University Change of Preference Information
Evening http://www.acu.edu.au/study_at_acu/future_students/undergraduate/career_ advisors/news_and_events/queenslandmajor_expos_and_important_dates
16 Last date to submit documentation for the QTAC January major offer round http://www.qtac.edu.au
(e.g. EAS applications, qualifications not obtainable by QTAC)
16 CQUniversity Information Sessions at all campuses http://www.cqu.edu.au/calendar/event-items/information-session/cquniinformation-session3?SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2013-12-16
17 University of the Sunshine Coast Gympie Options Q & A Evening http://www.usc.edu.au/study/study-at-usc/open-day-and-informationevents/usc-options-qa-evening
17 Griffith University Options Information Evening at Gold Coast and South
Bank Campuses http://www.griffith.edu.au/future-students/optionsinformation-sessions
17 Queensland University of Technology Real Decisions at Gardens Point
Campus http://www.qut.edu.au/study/events
17 James Cook University Information Evening in Cairns http://www.jcu.edu.au/infoevents/
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18 James Cook University information session in Mackay http://www.jcu.edu.au/infoevents/
18 Queensland University of Technology Real Decisions at Caboolture
Campus http://www.qut.edu.au/study/events
18 University of Queensland Options Evening http://www.uq.edu.au/events/event_view.php?event_id=9910
19 James Cook University information session in Rockhampton http://www.jcu.edu.au/infoevents/
30 Qld Year 12 students without an OP can access their QTAC OP ineligible selection rank via QTAC's Current Applicant online service http://www.qtac.edu.au
(non QTAC applicants can phone QTAC to get their rank)
31 UQ ICT Excellence Scholarship applications close http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/excellence-scholarships
Southbank Institute of Technology (SBIT) will hold this session at 10 am on Thursday 5
December 2013. It is an opportunity to learn more about the nursing program offered at SBIT, meet the teachers and tour the facilities. RSVP is required. Visit http://www.southbank.edu.au/About-
SBIT/Events/Lists/Events/NewDisplay.aspx?ID=34 for details.
The following news item has been adapted from the Australian Agricultural College
Corporation (AACC) website at http://www.aacc.edu.au/wanted-city-kids-lookingrural-skills/ .
Two courses commencing at AACC’s Gatton training centre are catering for students looking for rural skills - Certificate III in Rural Operations and Certificate III in Horse
Breeding. Each course has a mix of self-paced theory and four weeklong practical sessions over the course of a year. The agricultural industry is crying out for skilled labour and these courses will provide participants with a good foundation for employment. The courses are ideal for participants who want agricultural employment or for tertiary students looking for additional skills or for students wanting to pursue a gap year.
The Rural Operations course starts on 2 December 2013 with a weeklong practical introduction to the course and the Horse Breeding course starts the following week
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on the 9 December 2013. Phone 1800 888 710 or email enquiries@aacc.edu.au
for more information and for enrolment.
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Financi al Assi stance and Scholars hips
AISS is a scholarship to help support an international student who wishes to study for an undergraduate business degree at an Australian university. The scholarship is valued at $50,000. It can be used to cover tuition fees. The inaugural AISS will be awarded in February 2014, for studies commencing that year. It will be awarded to the applicant with the highest score on the International Student Admissions Test
(ISAT). Applications close on 1 February 2014. Visit http://www.acer.edu.au/aiss/overview for further information and to access the application.
Griffith offers many scholarships, not just those for academic excellence. Other scholarships include equity and accommodation scholarships and faculty bursaries to help students with course fees, textbooks and living expenses. Some of these scholarships have application due dates in December and January. Find out more at http://www.griffith.edu.au/scholarships .
Indigenous Engineers Scholarship
This scholarship has been created to support an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student in 2014 who is enrolled in the B Science in an engineering pathway. The scholarship is valued at $75,000. For more information, contact Charles O’Leary,
Senior Manager, Indigenous Student and Staff Programs, on telephone (03) 8344 5330 or email charles.oleary@unimelb.edu.au
.
2014 Paterson Scholarship in Engineering
This scholarship is valued at $4,000 per year for the length of the degree. It is open to students enrolled in the first year of B Environments, B Science, B Biomedicine or B
Commerce in an engineering pathway. The application due date is 14 March
2014. For more information and to obtain an application form, contact Ms Rosa Nacli,
Scholarships and Prizes Officer, on telephone (03) 9035 4610 or email rnacli@unimelb.edu.au
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Occupational Informati on
Many students think the only animal job is being a vet. However, there are many jobs that involve working with animals. ‘Animal Jobs Direct’, a British website at http://www.animal-job.co.uk/Careers-With-Animals.html
, can start you on the road to exploring a range of possible jobs in the animal industry. Note that the qualifications mentioned on this site do not apply to Australia. You could use the occupation search function on myfuture ( http://www.myfuture.edu.au
[click on ‘The Facts’ and
‘Occupation search’]) to read about animal jobs in which you are interested.
Use the ‘Discover your career’ website at http://www.discoveryourcareer.com.au/ to explore the types of jobs available in the tourism and hospitality industries.
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QTAC a nd Tertiary E ntry
Read the helpful tips in the School VS Uni ebook from the Faculty of Health Science,
University of Queensland (UQ) at http://communicate.health.uq.edu.au/em/mail/view.php?id=1747054405&a=18884& k=a00b066 .
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Many questions can be answered by reading the information in Section one of the QTAC Guide or on the QTAC website at http://www.qtac.edu.au/ (check out the information on the ‘Applying’ webpage at http://www.qtac.edu.au/Applying-CurrentYr12/Introduction.html
)
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Questions can be emailed to QTAC via the QTAC website enquiry service (the response could take a couple of days because of the volume of emails received by QTAC at this time of the year).
 The QTAC information telephone service can be contacted on 1300 467 822
(you will be in a queue, but the wait will be worth it as this service is very helpful).
When you first arrive, it sometimes seems that university people, especially the administration staff, talk a foreign language. Get on top of university terminology on the My University’s ‘Acronyms and Glossary’ webpage at http://content.myuniversity.gov.au/sites/MyUniversity/pages/glossary .
Some universities provide their students with a dictionary/glossary of the most frequently used words. For example, see the University of Queensland ‘Dictionary of
UQ terminology’ at http://www.uq.edu.au/study/?page=116591 .
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'The above information has been gathered from a range of sources including publicly available websites, institutional and organisational newsletters, student and career advisers and guidance officers. Every effort has been made to ensure the information provided is accurate and up-todate at the time of publication.'
'The Career Information Bulletin can only be distributed and used by members of the school community of the school that has purchased membership to Options Career Information.
Options Career Information does not give permission for any member to pass on its resources to any other organisation.'
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