Career areas
| Career area | Description | Courses |
|---|---|---|
Graphic Design | A creative and continuously evolving industry which can lead into a number of career roles, juniors graphic design, technicians, web design, graphic design or interior design. The roles are endless. | |
Business Management | Business Management will give you the basic insight into managing a team of people, delegating workloads, budgeting and communication skills. The industry you chose to manage in will depend on experience. | |
Business & Administration | Business qualifications will enrich you will the basic understanding of how businesses work despite the industry the company may operates in. Business and administration will give you the opportunity to work in any office environment. | |
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care | If sitting in an office all day isn't for you then perhaps you should consider this sector. You could grow garden plants in a nursery, look after abandoned pets in an animal sanctuary, look after parks or help natural habitats adapt to climate change. Technical and management skills are important too – particularly if you’re one of the many people, from farmers to florists to farriers, who runs their own business. | |
Hairdressing | Is a creative, fun and continuously evolving industry. Once completed a Hairdressing qualification, you will have the opportunity to work in a salon, decide to open your own salon, work abroad with your new trade, work on cruise ships, work as a session stylist for magazines or on catwalk shows, go onto related courses to advance your skills and knowledge, or venture onto teaching the trade. | |
Engineering and Manufacturing | Making things (manufacturing) and making things work (engineering), that’s what this sector is all about. Manual and technical skills are important in this sector, and maths, IT and science are often relevant. You need to be good at following instructions and working as part of a team, but engineers in particular often need to use their own initiative to solve problems. | |
Health, Public Services and Care | People who work in Health, Public Services and Care enjoy the satisfaction of knowing their work helps other people and makes our society a better place. Careers include Emergency Fire Services, Childcare & Development, Dental Nursing, Housing, Laboratory Technicians, Pharmacy technicians, Youth Work, Security, Community Development and Advice & Guidance. | |
Law Enforcement & Legal | Policing and Law Enforcement, Youth Justice, Custodial Care, Community Justice, Courts Service, Prosecution Services and Forensic Science | |
Hospitality, Leisure, Travel & Tourism | Read on if you want to become an instructor at an outward bound centre, to jet off around the world as a holiday rep or aircraft cabin crew or focus on your sporting career. Your sporting talent or passion for travel will be put to good use in this sector, but IT, planning and organisational skills can be useful too. If you have an outgoing personality and know how to help people enjoy themselves, you could go far – in more ways than one. | |
Arts, Media & Publishing | The arts world covers everything from film to fashion, music to computer gaming. Media and publishing is even bigger business encompassing ‘old’ media – newspapers and magazines, TV and radio and ‘new’ media offered by the internet and mobile phone technology. Imagination and a flair for English, art, music or a similar creative subject along with passion and hard work can help you succeed in the creative industries. | |
Education and Training | The Education and Training sector isn’t just about teachers and isn't restricted to just schools and is all about communication. While you need to know your subject area, you’ll also need to help others understand and get excited by it. Good people skills are important too. If you choose to go down this route, the skills and experience you pick up could lead to further teaching qualifications. | |
Information & Communication Technology | There are two sides to ICT – knowing how it works, and knowing how to use it. In the first category are the people who program computer software, design applications for mobile phones, install networks in offices and fix things when they go wrong. To get the full benefit of the software and systems these people create, skilled IT users are needed too. They could work in almost any field, from arts administration to zoology. | |
Construction & Planning | This sector cover the many trades that make our buildings work – from electrical engineering and plumbing to maintaining heating systems and gas networks. Or you might get involved on the planning side – looking at the environmental and social impact of new developments, for example. | |
Business & Administration | This sector covers the many different occupations that keep businesses running efficiently and profitably, and keep staff and customers happy. You will typically be office based working 9-5. Being a good team player with good organisational, numerical, communication and people skills will really help. | |
Retail and Commercial Enterprise | You will gain essential business skills including sales, marketing, customer service, stock control, logistics, management and much more. In addition you will learn technical competency such as hairdressing, restaurant skills, etc. Good organisation is important in this sector and number skills will come in useful whether you’re working behind a bar or doing stock inventories. In many roles you’ll be interacting with the public, so communication and people skills are important too. |