Careernav offers career advice to students, career guidance to graduates and career development to emerging executives.

Explore the Careers!

Careernav profiles mainstream occupations, written by industry leaders, to help students with careers advice on their chosen career. The profiles will be updated whenever appropriate changes are needed.

You can view the entire list of occupations listed alphabetically A to Z and also by industry sector. Simply click on the occupation name or the industry that interests you and follow the full profile for each career, especially the ‘career progression’ section.

Any career profiles with an asterisk will also have a video blog attached. This will give a further insight into that particular career. Check them out.

If you cannot find the career profile you're looking for, simply email us on admin@careernav.com.au or tweet us @careernavptyltd and we will get it up there for you :)

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Career Profiles - to filter list select one or more industries on the left.

A

  • Actor
  • Actuary *
  • Acupuncturist *
  • Advertising Account Manager*
  • Advertising Creative
  • Aeronautical Engineer *
  • Agricultural Engineer *
  • Agricultural Scientist*
  • Air Traffic Controller*
  • Ambulance Paramedic *
  • Anaesthetist
  • Architect *
  • Artistic Director
  • Audiologist *
  • Auditor *

B

  • Baker *
  • Barrister *
  • Beauty Therapist *
  • Bio Mechanical Engineer*
  • Bio Medical Engineer *
  • Biochemist *
  • Brick Layer
  • Broadcast Journalist *
  • Builder

C

  • Camera Operator Film & Television*
  • Cardiologist
  • Career Practitioner *
  • Chemical Engineer *
  • Childcare Coordinator *
  • Chiropractor
  • Civil Engineer *
  • Copywriter *
  • Corporate Accountant*
  • Cost Accountant *

D

  • Dentist*
  • Dermatologist *
  • Dietitian *
  • Doctor/General Practitioner*
  • Draftsperson

E

  • Economist *
  • Editor *
  • Electrical Engineer *
  • Electrician
  • Electronics Engineer *
  • Electrotechnology Assembler
  • Environmental Health Officer*
  • Event Manager *
  • Executive Assistant

F

  • Family Therapist
  • Farrier
  • Fashion Designer *
  • Film and Television Editor*
  • Film and Television Producer*
  • Film and TV Director *
  • Finance Manager
  • Financial Analyst *
  • Financial Controller *
  • Financial Planner
  • Firefighter *
  • Forensic Accountant *
  • Forensic Scientist*

G

  • Games Developer *
  • General Accountant *
  • General Internist *
  • Geologist *
  • Graphic Designer *

H

  • Hairdresser *
  • Hotel Management *
  • Human Resources Manager*

I

  • Industrial Engineer *
  • Industrial Relations Officer
  • Insolvency Accountant *
  • Insurance Broker
  • Interior Designer *
  • Interpreter
  • IT Systems Engineer *

L

M

  • Management Accountant *
  • Management Consultant *
  • Marine Biologist*
  • Marketing *
  • Mathematician
  • Mechanic
  • Mechanical Engineer *
  • Media Director *
  • Meteorologist *
  • Mining Engineer *
  • Mobile Heavy Machinery Operator*

N

  • Naturopath *
  • Naval Architect *
  • Nurse *

O

  • Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Optometrist
  • Osteopath *

P

  • Paediatrician
  • Painter & Decorator
  • Park Ranger *
  • Pathologist
  • Personal Trainer *
  • Pharmacist *
  • Photographer *
  • Pilot *
  • Plasterer
  • Plumber *
  • Podiatrist *
  • Print Journalist
  • Production Engineer
  • Production Manager
  • Professional Accountant*
  • Psychiatrist *
  • Psychologist *
  • Public Affairs Manager *

Q

  • Quantity Surveyor

R

  • Radiographer
  • Receiver and Manager *
  • Recruitment Consultant

S

  • Sales & Category Management
  • Sales & Key Account Management
  • Sales & Sales Management
  • School Teacher *
  • Set Designer *
  • Social Worker *
  • Software Engineer *
  • Solicitor *
  • Sound Engineer
  • Specialist School Teacher
  • Sportsperson *
  • Statistician
  • Stockbroker
  • Surgeon
  • Surveyor *
  • Sustainable Engineer*
  • Systems Engineer *

T

  • Tax Accountant *
  • Tiler
  • Travel Consultant *

U

  • Urban and Regional Planner

V

  • Veterinarian *

W

  • Web Designer
  • Winemaker *
  • Wool Classer

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