Careers Database

Environment	This sector provides goods and services for environmental protection including the provision of clean technologies, renewable energy, waste recycling, nature and landscape protection, and ecological renovation of urban areas.	10 roles
Engineering	This sector includes civil, military, or mechanical, aeronautical, biomedical, robotics and AI; often used in a more limited sense to describe the industry devoted to the manufacture of engines, machine-tools, and machinery.	16 roles
Transport and Road	This sector refers to the fixed installations, structures, and networks that provide a framework for the movement of people and goods. Urban transport infrastructure can be collated under five broad headings: roads; bridges and tunnels; rail, metro systems and trams; waterways, bike paths and walkways.	9 roles
Sport and Recreation	This sector provides opportunities for employment that involve developing skills for competitive sport and leisure, professional coaching, mentoring and motivating participants. It also includes training clients to develop their physical skills and mental capacity. Technology has influenced the industry, including new training and fitness assessment equipment adding additional skill requirements.	10 roles
Social Welfare	This sector provides social assistance services including housing, food, cost of living and personal welfare to vulnerable and disadvantaged adults, children, those with a disability and the elderly.	10 roles
Security	This sector includes groups of organisations, entities and individuals in both public and private sectors that provide security and security-related products and/or services, whether for commercial or non-commercial reasons.	5 roles
Science and Mathematics	This area refers mainly to applied science and mathematics roles are based on physics, biology, economics and computer science for example. These roles focus on industry problems and aim for relevant solutions including finding the most cost-effective way to solve the problem and implement solutions using the latest computer techniques. Being able to communicate problems and solutions to clients (organisations, government and staff) is essential.	13 roles
Real Estate and Property	This sector includes the development, leasing, appraisal, marketing, and management of commercial, residential, agricultural, and industrial properties.	5 roles
Politics and Government	This sector refers to the distribution and exercise of influence within a society. Power is distributed and exercised through governments including the allocation of resources and other matters. Elected representatives make these decisions on behalf of the Australian people.	8 roles
Logistics and Supply Chain	The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals defines logistics as “part of the supply chain process that plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverses flow and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer’s requirements.”	16 roles
Library and Information	This sector serves people of every age, income level, location, ethnicity, and physical ability, and provide the full range of information resources needed to live, learn, govern, and work.	5 roles
Law and Legal	This sector refers to the inter-disciplinary, tech-enabled, global business of delivering legal services. Legal delivery is through advocacy, prosecution and mediation as well as an amalgam of legal, technological, and process expertise, deploying the appropriate resource—human and/or machine—to a task/matter/portfolio.	10 roles
Information Technology	This sector creates, enhances and provides processes for storing information products; allows for their dissemination; transmitting information products using analogue and digital signals (through electronic, wireless, optical etc.); and providing transmission services and/or operating the infrastructure to enable the transmission and storage of information and information products.	12 roles
Human Resources (HR)	This sector provides searching, screening, recruiting, and training prospective employees and contractors as well as administering benefits such as remuneration and benefits. HR specialists can be employed, consult or provide commercial services on behalf of other employers.	9 roles
Hospitality and Tourism	This sector includes all the economic activities that directly or indirectly contribute to, or depend upon, travel, tourism and hospitality. It includes including hotels, restaurants, travel, events, and entertainment.	7 roles

Environment

This sector provides goods and services for environmental protection including the provision of clean technologies, renewable energy, waste recycling, nature and landscape protection, and ecological renovation of urban areas.

10 roles

Engineering

This sector includes civil, military, or mechanical, aeronautical, biomedical, robotics and AI; often used in a more limited sense to describe the industry devoted to the manufacture of engines, machine-tools, and machinery.

16 roles

Transport and Road

This sector refers to the fixed installations, structures, and networks that provide a framework for the movement of people and goods. Urban transport infrastructure can be collated under five broad headings: roads; bridges and tunnels; rail, metro systems and trams; waterways, bike paths and walkways.

9 roles

Sport and Recreation

This sector provides opportunities for employment that involve developing skills for competitive sport and leisure, professional coaching, mentoring and motivating participants. It also includes training clients to develop their physical skills and mental capacity. Technology has influenced the industry, including new training and fitness assessment equipment adding additional skill requirements.

10 roles

Social Welfare

This sector provides social assistance services including housing, food, cost of living and personal welfare to vulnerable and disadvantaged adults, children, those with a disability and the elderly.

10 roles

Security

This sector includes groups of organisations, entities and individuals in both public and private sectors that provide security and security-related products and/or services, whether for commercial or non-commercial reasons.

5 roles

Science and Mathematics

This area refers mainly to applied science and mathematics roles are based on physics, biology, economics and computer science for example. These roles focus on industry problems and aim for relevant solutions including finding the most cost-effective way to solve the problem and implement solutions using the latest computer techniques. Being able to communicate problems and solutions to clients (organisations, government and staff) is essential.

13 roles

Real Estate and Property

This sector includes the development, leasing, appraisal, marketing, and management of commercial, residential, agricultural, and industrial properties.

5 roles

Politics and Government

This sector refers to the distribution and exercise of influence within a society. Power is distributed and exercised through governments including the allocation of resources and other matters. Elected representatives make these decisions on behalf of the Australian people.

8 roles

Logistics and Supply Chain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals defines logistics as “part of the supply chain process that plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverses flow and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer’s requirements.”

16 roles

Library and Information

This sector serves people of every age, income level, location, ethnicity, and physical ability, and provide the full range of information resources needed to live, learn, govern, and work.

5 roles

Law and Legal

This sector refers to the inter-disciplinary, tech-enabled, global business of delivering legal services. Legal delivery is through advocacy, prosecution and mediation as well as an amalgam of legal, technological, and process expertise, deploying the appropriate resource—human and/or machine—to a task/matter/portfolio.

10 roles

Information Technology

This sector creates, enhances and provides processes for storing information products; allows for their dissemination; transmitting information products using analogue and digital signals (through electronic, wireless, optical etc.); and providing transmission services and/or operating the infrastructure to enable the transmission and storage of information and information products.

12 roles

Human Resources (HR)

This sector provides searching, screening, recruiting, and training prospective employees and contractors as well as administering benefits such as remuneration and benefits. HR specialists can be employed, consult or provide commercial services on behalf of other employers.

9 roles

Hospitality and Tourism

This sector includes all the economic activities that directly or indirectly contribute to, or depend upon, travel, tourism and hospitality. It includes including hotels, restaurants, travel, events, and entertainment.

7 roles