x. Career ideas

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A  list of common career & job roles is provided here. If  any job type catches your curiosity,  the next step is to choose a degree, course or diploma that will enable you for that career. Entry to some careers listed below may not need a degree. In most cases a TAFE diploma or certificate will be good enough.

• Animation 3D designer
• Actor
• Auditor ( financial)
  
• Accountant
  
• Actuary ( Risk assessment scientist)
• Advertising consultant
• Aged care worker
• Architectural technician
• Astrophysicist
• Astronomer
• Ambulance officer
• Architect – building or softeware
• Automation Engineer
• Aircraft Engineer
• Artificial Intelligence engineer
• Aviation Manager
• Auditor
• 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, analyst programmer
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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