Which career or job type should you pick?
Are you confused about what to do with the rest of your life ? Too many choices , but non appeal to you ? Here’s a list of common job & career types. If a job type catches your eye, perhaps the next best thing is to choose a degree, course or diploma that leads you to that career. Entry to some careers listed below may not require a degree. In many cases a TAFE diploma or certificate is all you need. How to choose a career or job ? or click on a Hyperlinked item to get more info :
- Accountant
- Actuary ( Risk assessment scientist)
- Auditor ( financial)
- Actor
- Animation 3D designer
- Advertising consultant
- Aged care worker
- Architectural technician
- Astrophysicist
- Astronomer
- Ambulance officer
- Architect – building or softeware
- Automation Engineer
- Aircraft Engineer
- Artificial Intelligence engineer
- Aviation Manager
- Author
- Agricultural scientist
- Automotive engineer
- Agronomist
- Agriculturalist
- Artistic director
- Art teacher
- Banker – Investment, Merchant
- Biologist
- Biomedical scientist
- Biotechnologist
- Building and construction manager
- Business analyst/manager
- Biotechnology scientist
- Biochemist
- Botanist
- Chef
- Chemist
- Chemical Engineer
- Child protection officer
- Childcare worker
- Chiropractor
- Civil engineer
- Coach—sport
- Communications officer/media liason officer
- Community health officer
- Community worker/community services officer
- Computer programmer, Software developer
- Conservationist – environmental
- Corrective services officer
- Counsellor
- Creative writer
- Customer Service – Face to face or via phone
- Database administrator ( IT , Computer )
- Database programmer / developer (IT)
- Land or Property Developer/Development planner
- Dentist, surgeon
- Dental nurse
- Dermatologist ( Skin doctor specialist)
- Dietitian
- Disability services officer
- Disaster and emergency worker
- Doctor – Medical Officer, Physician
- Diplomat and Foreign Service
- Draughtsman – CAD
- Drama teacher
- Ecologist
- Economist , Economic Advisor
- Ecotourism officer
- Editor – Publishing, web
- Employment services officer
- Engineer—construction, water and sustainable resources, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical
- Electrical , Electronic Engineer
- Entrepreneur
- Environmental health officer
- Environmental planner/protection officer/policy officer
- Environmental rehabilitation officer
- Environmental scientist
- Event manager
- Exercise scientist/clinician/ Sports science
- Facilities management
- Food and Beverage Manager ( F & B )
- Family welfare officer
- Financial planner
- Food scientist
- Forensic scientist – very limited number of job vacancies in Australia , and not as glamourous as portrayed on TV
- Financial controller
- Finance analyst
- Film Maker
- Games ( computer) designer/programmer – IT
- Genetic scientist
- Geneticist
- Graphic designer – Print or Web
- Guidance officer/careers adviser
- Geologist
- Geographer
- GIS officer ( Geographical Information Systems)
- Health administrator
- Health information manager
- Health science officer
- Herbalist
- HelpDesk , Customer Service , Service desk, Call Centre Operator
- Hospital administrator
- Hotel manager
- Human resource officer
- Human services officer
- Importer/exporter
- Indigenous health worker
- Industrial relations officer
- Insurance officer
- International business/relations consultant
- Interpreter- Language
- IT consultant ( many many roles here)
- Intelligence Officer ie . ASIO, Anti Terrosism etc
- Journalist
- Lawyer, Solicitor, Barrister Judge, Magistrate
- Laboratory technician – Pathology , technician,
- Land and water management
- Legal aid officer
- Librarian
- Linguist , Language Translator
- Logistics management
- Mathematician – list of career options here
- Marine biologist
- Marketer/market research analyst
- Mechanical Engineer
- Mediator
- Medical scientist
- Mental health professional
- Midwife and nursing
- Mining Engineer
- Multicultural services officer
- Multimedia designer
- Music teacher
- Musician
- Musicologist
- Music Therapy
- Music teacher
- Natural resource manager
- Network administrator, IT Systems Administrator
- News producer
- Nurse— aged care, critical care, emergency, mental health, midwifery
- Nutritionist
- Naturopath
- Occupational therapist
- Occupational health and safety officer: OHS
- Optometrist
- Orthodontist ( specialist dentist)
- Paramedic
- Park ranger
- Pharmacist
- Physical Education teacher
- Physiotherapist
- Philosopher
- Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Physiologist
- Police officer
- Political analyst
- Pollution control officer
- Professional/vocational trainer
- Programmer / Software Developer
- Project manager
- Property valuer/manager
- Psychologist
- Psychiatrist
- Psychiatrist Public health officer
- Public relations consultant
- Publisher – Web or Print
- Recreation officer
- Regional planner
- Rehabilitation counsellor
- Researcher
- Restaurant/catering manager
- Retail manager
- Robotics & Automation Engineer
- Radiographer ( Medical Imaging , Sonographer – Ultrasound technician)
- Sales representative
- Social worker
- Sociologist
- Sonographer – Ultrasound technician
- Software engineer
- Speech writer
- Speech Therapist
- Sports administrator/coach
- Sports scientist
- Statistician – list of career options here
- Stockbroker
- Sustainability consultant
- Systems analyst/designer
- Solicitor, Lawyer, Barrister Judge, Magistrate
- Teacher—early childhood, middle school, special education, physical education, TAFE, vocational
- Tourism consultant/operator
- Town planner/urban and regional planner
- Technical Support – IT network systems, Application Support etc
- Waste management officer
- Water resources officer/engineer
- Web designer/developer
- Welfare officer
- Wildlife biologist
- Workplace health and safety officer
- Writer
- Youth worker
- Zoologist