Careers and Pathways Support

Please go to the direct Careers Page for more detailed information and make an appointment HERE

The Careers Program at Blackburn High School is designed to help students in all year levels discover, develop and drive their career planning.

In 2024 our school community has participated in a huge range of career development activities, including some fantastic new events and activities that have increased the scope of our school careers program.

Our Vocational Major students have the unique opportunity to be immersed into a Structured Workplace Learning placements to be part of business and work in an environment to experience what different industries are all about.

Some of the highlights the Careers and Pathways have during a school year are:

Blackburn High School JOBCAMP

Students from Year 9-12 had the opportunity to gain skills and certificates from industry professionals through our first-ever JOBCAMP.

Students interested in Hospitality received their RSA, Food Safety Handling and Barista & Café Skills certificates.

Students interested in Construction have received their First Aid and Stop/Slow Bat and White Card OH&S Training certificates.

Our first group of JOBCAMP students were amazing to work with and the success of the program has made sure we will give more students this opportunity in the coming years.

Year 12 Day One Presentation and Year 10 Positive Futures Day

This year our Careers team has had a focus on delivering more Careers Programs face to face with our students.

Run by Jay Brutovic covering post-school planning, life after school and dispelling common myths about tertiary education.

Year 10 students attended a similar interactive session with Jay Brutovic in Term 2 covering VCE pathways, Vocational Education and Training and preparing for senior school.

We look forward to providing more of these interactive events with more year levels.

Blackburn High School Careers & Subject Expo

Our annual careers and subject expo returned in 2024 with our largest event yet! We were so excited to invite our students and their families to access information on Yr 9 and 10 Electives, VCE Subjects, Vocational Education & Training (VET) and Post-School Options including University and TAFE study.

Annual Programs Include
We also delivered our comprehensive suite of annual programs:

VCE & Careers Expo Excursion
Year 11 Career Development Groups
Year 10 into VCE subject selection interviews
Year 9 My Career Insights Program (Morrisby interviews)
Industry presentations, for example - Gateway LLEN, Australian Defence Force, VicPol.
Excursions to TAFEs and universities, providing hands-on campus experiences that give students an authentic taste of tertiary education