Careers

Our school’s Careers and Transition advisers work together to help students explore career options and prepare for life beyond school.Advisers communicate with our students via email, Google Classroom, Sentral and Career Tools platform, stives.careertools.com.au. Students are encouraged to access these on a regular basis so they will be well informed of upcoming careers events. They can also join the Facebook pages of Universities, TAFE and UAC.

We run a careers program in Term 1 for Year 10. As part of this program we do some career quizzes which help identify possible career/university course options and subjects to choose for Year 11 and 12.

Throughout the year students who are 15+ can apply to attend a TAFE Taster one day per week for one term. The type of courses on offer vary term to term and is communicated in week 6-8 each term.

In Years 11 and/or 12, students can elect to study TAFE as a school subject for a whole year. This can count as 2 units towards the HSC as some courses are now classified as ATAR subjects.

In Term 4, we hold the work experience week where every Year 10 student has to spend a week with an employer of their choosing in order to gain some important employability skills.

Employers often contact us with casual work for students and these are advertised in the daily notices to students and on the Career Tools platform.

Year 12 attend a careers expo each year where they have the opportunity to speak with representatives from all of the major metropolitan universities, private providers, TAFE and some apprenticeship providers.

We also offer courses / programs for Skills for Work, encouraging early development of service and trade based skills, along with the Year 10 equivalent courses at TAFE NSW.

Apprenticeships expos are also held throughout the year and university evening information sessions and open days. School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBAT) are encouraged for students looking to work and study towards the HSC.