Western Australia needs skilled people right now: in care, in business, on industry sites, in classrooms and in tech. Start with what suits you, and we’ll show you where it can lead and how to train for it.
Pick the one that feels most like you.
Support people to live well — in aged care, disability, community services and health support.
Care is now Australia’s largest-employing industry, and aged and disability carers are projected to be among the fastest-growing occupations of the next decade — with around 400,000 more aged care workers needed by 2050.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, projections to 2034; CEDA, 2024Take a community-services taster as part of your VET in Schools program.
A Certificate III gets you work-ready and into the sector fast.
Upskill carers to Certificate IV for senior and team-leader roles.
Help others learn and grow — in classrooms, workplaces and careers guidance.
Education and training is one of the three sectors driving more than half of Australia’s job growth to 2034 — and skilled people are needed to train the next wave across every other industry on this page.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, projections to 2034Explore education support as a pathway into schools and training.
Turn your trade or industry experience into a training career with the TAE.
Qualify your in-house experts to train and assess your own people.
Run the operations every organisation depends on — admin, leadership, HR, marketing, finance and the public sector.
Professional, scientific and technical services is one of the three sectors driving more than half of Australia’s job growth to 2034, with rising demand for business, HR, marketing and management skills.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, projections to 2034Build admin and digital skills employers want, before you finish Year 12.
A Certificate IV moves you from doing the work to coordinating it.
Develop emerging leaders with a Diploma or Advanced Diploma.
Keep people safe across WA’s resources, mining, industrial and office workplaces.
WA carries close to half of Australia’s mining workforce, and the state’s project pipeline is forecast to need more than 11,000 new resources workers by around 2030. Safety capability underpins every one of those sites.
Source: AREEA Workforce Forecast 2025-2030; WA DEMIRSGain safety and work-readiness skills that open the door to site work.
A Certificate IV in WHS is a strong step toward a safety career.
Train your HSRs on-site, compliant with WorkSafe WA requirements.
Feed people, host them and bring them together — kitchens, venues, tourism and events.
Hospitality, cookery, tourism and events are consistent employers and strong entry points to work, valued for transferable skills in service, coordination and customer experience — with cooks and chefs in ongoing demand.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, labour market dataGet hands-on with real kitchens and events while you study.
A Certificate III in Cookery or Hospitality opens doors quickly.
Build front-of-house and kitchen capability across your venue.
Serve customers and lead teams on the shop floor — from first job to store leadership.
Retail is one of Australia’s largest-employing industries and a common first job — and the customer, sales and team-leadership skills you build here transfer across almost every other sector.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, labour market dataA great first qualification and first job while you finish school.
Step up from the floor into supervision and store management.
Lift service standards and grow your supervisors and managers.
Keep technology working and bring ideas to life — IT support, design, screen and media.
The shift toward higher-skilled work is lifting demand for digital capability right across the economy — from health and mining to business — and creative, screen and design skills increasingly sit alongside it.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, projections to 2034Build digital and creative skills that count toward work and study.
A Certificate IV opens entry-level IT, design and media roles.
Lift the digital capability of your whole workforce.
Build the reading, maths, digital and confidence skills that open every other door.
Most new jobs now expect a vocational or higher qualification. Foundation and entry-level skills are the bridge that gets you ready to start any of the pathways above with confidence.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, labour market analysisStrengthen literacy, numeracy and digital skills alongside your studies.
Refresh the basics before stepping into a new qualification.
Support team members to build the skills their roles now require.
new jobs across Australia by 2034 — led by health & social assistance, professional services,and education & training.
new resources workers WA needs by around 2030 — the state already holds close to half of Australia's mining workforce.
extra aged care workers needed nationally by 2050 — care is now Australia's largest-employing industry.
Tell us where you’re at and what you’re drawn to. We’ll help you match a direction to the right qualification — and to where the work actually is.
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