STUDENT
SERVICES
Melissa Ferrera 11K - in the kitchen at
Sarah Upton 10P - on work experience at
Stacey Burdak 10G - on work experience
Centra, Melbourne Airport
Lort Smith Animal Hospital
at the Department of Gastroenterology &
“The VET course I have chosen to do this
"At Lort Smith I watched surgery, sat in on
year has increased my knowledge of the
consultations and fed and looked after the
hospitality industry. Whilst being very
cats and dogs. It was really good."
challenging at times I can say I have
Nutrition at the Royal Children's Hospital "The work experience at Royal Children's
Hospital gave me the chance to observe medical procedures. I went on rounds with
enjoyed the work I have been doing. This
medical staff and cared for the children in
will be the career path I am sure to follow."
the Paediatric ward."
CAREERS & WORK EDUCATION
CAREERS EDUCATION
Vocational Education & Training
The Careers Education program ran very
This year has seen one student, Melissa
much along the same lines as last year.
Ferrera 1 IK undertake a VET in Schools
Year 10 students participated in Work
program. Melissa elected to undertake the
Experience, a Careers Seminar and Careers
Certificate II Hospitality (Operations)
Education classes before having to make
which was offered by Ave Maria College in
VCE subject selections. Their choices for
partnership with Kangan Batman Institute
work experience again showed a very
of TAPE. The program included study via
diverse range of interests but with graphic
the TAFE’s virtual campus Internet site
design, law, veterinary nursing and
and classes in the commercial kitchens of
childcare amongst the most popular
the TAFE. Melissa also undertook a two-
choices. Some other placements included:
week work placement at Centra
The Sound of Music; Marine &
Melbourne Airport where she worked in
Freshwater Resources Institute, Ludwig
catering and gained a great deal of
Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne
experience. Work placement is different
Private Hospital, Ansett Australia, Victoria
to work experience in that students are
Police, General Aviation Maintenance,
expected to put into practice the skills they
HMAS Cerebus, the Family Court of
have already learnt within the course.
Australia and IBM. There was plenty of
Melissa was given a particularly wide range
positive feedback from employers and
of tasks and the Work Placement
reports of terrific experiences from the
Coordinator commented that Melissa had
girls on their return to school.
obviously demonstrated a very competent
Our senior students have made good use
skill level and a real aptitude for the job.
of the Careers Office and our resources arc expanding at a rapid rate. There seems to
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be no shortage of occupational information both on line and in brochures and directories. Our most frequently used
resources have been our Job Guides, OZJAC and the Career Easy program, as
well as University and TAFE handbooks.
The girls have had information sessions
and attended counselling appointments to
help them make the all-important decisions about their lives, post secondary
school. There have also been many careers seminars conducted by industry and
attended by our girls in their spare time, revealing interests in medical science, engineering and rhe sports industry.
Ms Janet Jensen
Careers Counsellor
