Careers Department at Blackwattle Bay
The Career Department at Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus is coordinated by Careers Adviser, Ms Rachel Coleman. Her role is to assist the students and their families make decisions about their transition into higher education, training or employment.
The Careers Department offers the following services to students and parents:
- Careers advice - the major component of the career education program at school. Students (with their parents) are welcome to make an appointment with Ms Coleman to discuss their future career goals.
- Career testing - available to all students
- Lunch and Learn sessions - are conducted regularly to support students with applying for work, university, early offer schemes, scholarships, special entry schemes and other pathways to training and learning
- Career expos – all year 12 students are invited to attend the Career and Employment Expo held in Term 2
- Guest speakers – During the year, guest speakers from a variety of occupations are invited to the school to speak to students about various topics. Information on these speakers will be found in the Blackwattle Weekly
The Careers Office
The careers centre is located next to the Library. It is a welcoming space for all students to utilise all the excellent and up to date career resources which include UAC and university guids along with information on TAFE and Higher Education. Students and parents are welcome to contact Ms Coleman for career advice and information. In addition, it is important that students regularly check the Careers google classroom and Careers Newsletter for current career information on:
- Open days at Universities and TAFE
- Information from Universities and TAFE
- Job opportunities - casual and full-time
- Cadetships and scholarships offered by universities and businesses
- Pre-requisites, assumed knowledge and approximate ATARs need by universities
- Career markets and career expos
- Information on job requirements and labour market and much more.
Students and parents are also encouraged to look at our Pathways Hub. It contains career testing services and a wealth of information on pathways into work, education and training.