Support and Links

There are many additional support organisations for you to learn more about a career in health. Please take your time to navigate through the links to learn more about yourself, what career you may like to pursue, and to find out more about pathways, traineeships, and the huge variety of exciting careers available to you!

Health Careers in the Bush
www.healthcareersinthebush.com
Well you are here right now! Continue to check out this website for updates and new information as we grow! 

Once you are studying a health course, you can then work with your local Rural Health Club and in turn, facilitate the HCB activities mentioned on this website to promote careers in health to rural school students. After all, you would a have been there and done that so why not pass on your knowledge to the next generation?!

Careers That Matter
www.careersthematter.com.au
This site provides information to help young people, job seekers, and parents investigate careers in health. There are resources for parents, schools, and businesses to encourage them to work together to assist a young person in their career decisions. They have a great range of profiles on different careers and tools to help you plan your pathway.There are also video links and a tool to help you discover what career you might be suited to.

Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council
www.cshisc.com.au
CSHISC consult with the Health and Community Services sector to develop and maintain high quality Training Packages (i.e. the Certificates and Diploma’s). They have a fantastic search engine on their website to find out about what courses are offered and where they are offered. Simply navigate to ‘Qualifications and Job Search’. They also have a great range of profiles on different careers and tools to help you plan your career pathway.

Going to Uni
www.goingtouni.gov.au
This website is a comprehensive website to understand more about the higher education system in Queensland. It includes information on paying for uni and the types of fees and assistance available. There are also heaps of useful publications and fact sheets to download.

Job Guide
www.jobguide.thegoodguides.com.au
The Job Guide booklet is distributed to all schools in Australia with Year 10 students. It has information on hundreds of careers and their training pathways. On the website there are also some tools for career development, understanding VET in schools, and Australian Apprenticeships.

Job Outlook
www.joboutlook.gov.au
There is a career quiz on this website which can provide an overview of your preference towards practical based careers, technical or analytical careers.

myfuture
www.myfuture.edu.au
This site has a great questionnaire that can help you understand more about your strengths and weaknesses and learn about the kinds of job you would like. They also have an extensive range of health career profiles, videos, information on funding and scholarships plus much more!

Queensland Tertiary Admission Centre (QTAC)
www.qtac.edu.au
QTAC's role is to provide and operate a centralised tertiary application system and to publish comprehensive information for prospective applicants.  QTAC currently receives and processes applications for admission to the majority of undergraduate courses offered in Queensland and Northern New South Wales.  It also processes applications to full-time advanced diploma and diploma courses in Queensland institutes of TAFE and some private providers of post secondary courses.
Most of the course you apply for will be through QTAC.

Smart Start Magazine
www.smartstartmagazine.com.au
This magazine showcases heaps of personal stories of students entering into their career pathway. You can search under ‘health’ to narrow it down. There are also stories from students on a range of topics such as Distance Education, Paying for your Education, VET, Gap Years, Deferring and much more!
There is a listing on the website of newsagencies that stock the magazine but there is still a lot of information on the website.

The Good Universities Guide
www.gooduniguide.com.au
The Good Uni Guide is a comprehensive and independent information source about tertiary education pathways, including postgraduate courses like the MBA, and career options in Australia. 
To help you make informed choices about your future, you can:
• Search a huge range of courses, institutions or careers in Australia
• Compare these options through our university ratings
• Search for scholarships
• Read about how to decide and what to expect on the next leg of your education journey
• Chat in forums about your experiences!
There is also support information for parents of children who are deciding their career path. You can browse their website and order a publication online.

Year 12 – What next?
www.year12whatnext.gov.au
Plan your post-school education and training. Learn more about future work opportunities and find out where to get further help and information.

Apprenticeships Info
www.apprenticeshipsinfo.qld.gov.au
This Queensland Government website provides a fantastic step by step guide in becoming an apprentice or trainee during and after school. There is a comprehensive amount of information for Students, Parents, Schools, and Business.

Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathways
www.aajobpathways.com.au 
This is a fantastic website where you can search under the health industry to find out what Apprenticeships and Traineeships are currently offered in Queensland (both school based and non-school based). They also have a great map of pathways in the health system through Vocational Education.

Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships Information Service
www.nacinfo.com.au 
This website provides information and resources for Australian Apprenticeship Centres, Registered Training Organisations, Group Training Organisations, Job Services Australia providers and other service providers and stakeholders. 

National Training Information Service
www.ntis.gov.au
The NTIS is the official national register of Training Packages, Qualifications, Courses, and RTO’s. Training Packages are the overarching package that lists the many Qualifications available in that industry. For example, the Health Training Package, HLT07, lists the 86 Qualifications that you are able to study in health (from Certificate II through to Advanced Diploma). They also provide a listing of which RTO’s deliver the different Qualifications.

QLD Department of Education and Training
www.training.qld.gov.au  
On this website you will find information on Queensland traineeships and apprenticeships. There is also a service called Queensland Training and Information Service (QTIS) which is very comprehensive and allows you to search for Qualifications and RTO’s in Queensland that offer the training.

Training.com.au
www.training.com.au
This site is designed to be a one stop shop for employers, training organisations, and learners to access the vast array of information on the Vocational Education and Training sector. Navigate ‘Training Organisations’ and then ‘Courses and Training Packages’. You will then be able to complete a search for RTO’s in your area and the courses they offer.