A day in the life of a transitions adviser video

Jazmine (host):

Hey, Zac. Thanks so much for joining us today. I just have a question. So what does your day look like as a transitions adviser? What's an average day for you?

Zac:

So basically my role is to support student's transition to work. Some of the things I do is link with TAFE and other programs to expose students to different industries. I also teach the moving forward class, which is a year 10 program based on getting job ready. So we teach employability skills and run projects to get them prepared for different workforce in industries.

Jazmine:

Yep.

Zac:

So, yeah, that's most of it also I facilitate work experience and help with job applications, resume writing, those sorts of things.

Jazmine:

What are some of the most important skills that you feel like you need to teach some of the students here?

Zac:

We try and focus on the skills that are transferable between different types of jobs.

Jazmine:

Yep.

Zac:

So communication, working as a part of a team, taking initiative, problem solving, they're all things that we try and link towards our classroom projects and learning activities.

Jazmine:

That's really awesome. I heard Nathan mentioning some of that before actually doing the apprenticeship and things like that. The SBAT.

Zac:

Yeah.

Jazmine:

Is like really helping with his confidence.

Zac:

Yeah. Yeah. He's actually improved massively and you can just tell the way he speaks. He communicates a lot better than he used to. And yeah. So I think he's really taken to the SBAT. And I think, yeah, he's gotten a lot out of it. It's been good.

Jazmine:

So aside from warehousing and logistics, what are some other growth areas that you're seeing locally?

Zac:

So I guess construction is always coming up as a growth area, particularly in our area. We've been getting the Badgerys Creek airport, which is bringing up a whole lot of jobs in that kind of industry. Also anything to do with new roads and roads. So that's also linking to construction. Telecommunications has also been a bit of a boost, so electronics, telecommunications or IT and transport and logistics honestly is, is really a big one. So yeah, those are the major growth areas I'd say.

Jazmine:

And finally, do you think that it's important to have a broad range of skills that you can apply to more than just one job to be quite flexible?

Zac:

Yeah, definitely. I think it's pretty rare that someone stays in their one career path for their entire life. So if we go back to those employability skills, teamwork, communication, they can be transferred to all pretty much job opportunities. So yeah, I think it's important to develop those skills and that way you can apply them to whichever job you would end up in or in a job you would like to become.

Jazmine:

Awesome. Thanks for talking to us.

Zac:

No worries.

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