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Work and Vocational Pathways

September upload 2009

This upload includes a Work task and an Assessment Task

  • Work – The jobs of the future are not the jobs of today. The jobs of today are not the jobs of yesterday [Word file]
  • Work – Assessment Task – Level 6 – Job, Work and Career Advice [Word file]

June upload 2009

With Year 10 thinking seriously about Year 11 and beyond this upload includes three resources to help you and your students through this decision making process and also gives them a chance to get some first hand information about the workplace and tertiary study.

This first activity uses ICT to record the first hand experience of someone in the workforce

Online publications and resources

  • Online publications for Year 10 Work Education – this resource includes: the VTAC publications relevant to Year 10 students; TAFE courses directory; New apprenticeships; links to Australian University; the Job Guide; 2009 Open Days, and Am I old enough booklet. [Word file]
  • More resources on workplace rights for young people [word file]


April 2009 upload

  • Work Education – My Port My Place Geelong [word file]
  • Work Education – Workplace Rights for Young Workers – Resources for unit of work [word file]

February 2009 Upload

This upload contains ideas and activities to get students thinking broadly about a range of vocational pathways

You want to be a what …? Take an entertaining look at the worst jobs in history as well as exploring current work related areas such as pay rates and the work ethic. [word]

Ace Day Jobs > coming to you soon - [external website]
The 2008 series of Ace Day Jobs will soon be landing in high schools across the country. In each episode someone talks about their job – what it involves, what they love about it, how they got into it, and what advice they would give to someone wanting to pursue the same vocation.
The strength of the series lies in the honesty, simplicity and genuine passion of each person’s story – they are left to talk about their experiences with no interruptions or leading questions. The website is also excellent, and provides a great resource for students who want to explore their options at their own pace. Over fifty past episodes are available to watch, with most episodes running to 5 minutes or less. Jobs range from ‘business brains’, ‘hands on’ and ‘creative types’ to ‘tech heads’, ‘investigators’ and ‘strategists’.

Classroom August 2008

  • Work Education – the Real Game

Level 5 and 6. This series of activities on Work and Life comes from Queensland Education. The Real Game is presented in five units. During the first three units, the students develop an understanding of the basic concepts and terminology of the game and of the world of work. They are given an occupational role and make lifestyle decisions (e.g. accommodation, transport, and leisure) within the constraints of their income. In the process they learn some of the realities of the adult world. Once they have established a realistic budget, the students make decisions about and plan for a holiday.

Click to go to the Real Game

Bill Barry, a Canadian, was perturbed when his 12-year-old daughter told him that what she learnt at school was not relevant to her future.

He set out to show her how her school learning related to the real world. He did this by developing a game that was engaging, challenging and, most importantly, fun!

This became the first game in The Real Game Series, a paper based career/life skills program. In , there are now 5 games in the Series.

The Play Real Game (Years 3 or 4)
The Make it Real Game (Years 5 or 6)
The Real Game (Years 7 or 8)
The Be Real Game (Years 9 or 10)
The Get Real Game (Years 11 or 12)

Classroom July 2008

Virtual Workplace Experiences: Workplace Safety

SafeWork SA

VELS Humanities – Economics Level 6

Economics Knowledge and Understanding Level 6

http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/discipline/humanities/economics/level6.html

Students analyse vocational pathways and education and training requirements and identify possible career paths and opportunities. They demonstrate skills required for moving from school to employment or further education.
SafeWork SA

Web-based activities and tests offer a convenient alternative to expensive classroom Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) training. These tests offer your students many advantages:

  • available from the Internet
  • visually-based for easy learning
  • can be scheduled at any time.


6 – all Activities and Tests together with Teachers Notes

Classroom April 2008

  • Vocational Pathways Multimedia Scrapbook
VELS Humanities – Economics Level 6

Go to – Vocational Pathways Multimedia Scrapbook

Vocational Pathways. There are many and varied vocational pathways and education and training requirements. There are many and varied possible career paths and opportunities.
Keep this question in mind as you work: What are the vocational pathways that could lead me to my possible career.

Click this link for a list of five great Internet resources to help you and your students with their multimedia scrapbook.

February 2008 Classroom

NEWWork and the Workplace – an Introductory Activity
This introductory activity covers – Work glossary, Starting Work, Work Experience, Working hours, and Show me the money.

2006 - 2007 Classroom and Compak resources

Compak Issue 3 2006

Job investigation
Terry Farley, Balwyn High School
This assignment forms part of a work education unit within a Balwyn High School Year 10 elective entitled ‘Money Makes the World Go Round’.
This assignment will help students to achieve that part of the Level 6 standards in the Humanities–Economics domain in the Victorian Essential Learning Standards that require students to ‘analyse vocational pathways and education and training requirements and identify possible career paths and opportunities’ (‘Economic knowledge and understanding’ dimension). The assignment also includes a self-evaluation section designed to help students ‘monitor and reflect on and discuss their progress as autonomous learners, identifying areas for improvement in their learning and implementing actions to address them’ (Level 6, Personal Learning domain, ‘The individual learner’ dimension).