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Vocational rehabilitation specialists help people return to work after injury, illness, or with a disability, translating medical restrictions into realistic job options and workplace accommodations. The role sits between the client, treating clinicians, employers, and often an insurer or compensation board. Reports and evidence carry weight in funding and benefit decisions, so documentation is central.
Bachelor's degreeCommunity, social and public services
Housing support workers help people find accommodation and keep it: dealing with applications, arrears, landlords, and the problems that put a tenancy at risk. Some posts are based in shelters or supported housing; others are outreach roles that visit tenants at home. Waiting lists are usually long, so a large part of the job is managing expectations honestly while chasing every option that exists.
Certificate or college diplomaCommunity, social and public services
Settlement workers help newcomers and refugees get established: documents, housing, school enrolment, health coverage, language classes, and understanding how local systems work. The role is part caseworker, part interpreter of bureaucracy, and often involves clients who have experienced displacement or trauma. Additional languages and lived migration experience are genuinely useful here.
Certificate or college diplomaCommunity, social and public services
Benefits caseworkers decide and administer income support claims, applying detailed eligibility rules to the evidence a claimant provides. The work is high-volume, rule-bound, and scrutinised: decisions can be appealed, and errors have direct consequences for people's income. Interviews are often difficult, because the answer is frequently no or not yet.
Certificate or college diplomaCommunity, social and public services
Chaplains provide spiritual and emotional care in hospitals, prisons, universities, the military, and workplaces, to people of any faith or none. Much of the work is presence at bad moments (serious diagnoses, deaths, crises) alongside rituals, memorials, and support for staff. Chaplains normally hold a faith-community endorsement while serving an institution's whole population.
Postgraduate or professional degreeCommunity, social and public services
Librarians select, organise, and make collections findable, and help people search for and evaluate information. Public library work also involves programming, digital access, and supporting community members who have nowhere else to go for help. Behind the desk sit cataloguing standards, licensing negotiations, and collection budgets.
Postgraduate or professional degreeCommunity, social and public services
Library technicians keep the library running day to day: circulation, cataloguing support, processing new items, shelving, and answering the questions that come to the desk. The work is detail-heavy and system-driven, with library management software at the centre of it. It is also public-facing, including with users who need patience and help.
Certificate or college diplomaCommunity, social and public services
Community health workers bridge health services and the communities they serve, running education sessions, screening drives, and one-to-one navigation support. They are usually recruited from the community itself, so trust and shared language are central to the role rather than clinical training. Much of the work is following up with people that the formal system loses track of.
Certificate or college diplomaCommunity, social and public services
Teaches most or all subjects to one class of children through the primary grades. Plans lessons against a set curriculum, assesses learning, manages classroom behaviour, and reports progress to families. The same group of students is usually taught all day, so relationships and routines matter as much as subject knowledge.
Teaches students with disabilities or additional learning needs, either in a dedicated classroom or alongside mainstream teachers. Adapts curriculum material, writes and reviews individual learning plans, and coordinates with therapists, families, and school staff so the plan is actually delivered.
Works under a teacher's direction to support students who need extra help with learning, behaviour, or personal care. Reinforces lessons with individuals and small groups and reports back to the teacher on what was observed.
Certificate or college diplomaEducation and training
Helps students with course selection, post-school planning, and the personal or social difficulties that get in the way of their learning. Runs individual and group sessions, and refers students on to psychologists, health services, or child protection agencies when a need goes beyond the school's remit.
Postgraduate or professional degreeEducation and training
Assesses learning, behaviour, and mental-health concerns in school-aged children, then advises schools and families on what support to put in place. Combines standardised assessment, classroom observation, and consultation, and contributes to formal decisions about special education eligibility and planning.
Postgraduate or professional degreeEducation and training
Works one-to-one or with very small groups to help a learner improve in a specific subject or prepare for a test. Diagnoses where the learner is stuck, sets targeted practice, and tracks progress between sessions. Many tutors are self-employed and arrange their own clients, scheduling, and materials.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionEducation and training
Teaches English to learners whose first language is different, in schools, language centres, workplaces, or online. Plans lessons around speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and adjusts material to the learners' level and to why they are studying.
Certificate or college diplomaEducation and training
Teaches adults who are returning to study, whether for basic skills, a qualification, or personal interest. Designs sessions that fit around work and family commitments, and works with groups whose backgrounds, prior schooling, and confidence vary widely.
Certificate or college diplomaEducation and training
Teaches diploma, certificate, or applied degree programs at a college or further education institution, usually in a field they have worked in themselves. Combines classroom teaching with labs, shops, or practicums, and contributes to curriculum review and student assessment.
Teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at a university while carrying out research and publishing in their discipline. Time is divided between teaching and supervision, research and writing, and departmental or disciplinary service.
Postgraduate or professional degreeEducation and training
Helps post-secondary students choose courses, meet program requirements, and stay on track to graduate. Interprets academic regulations and transfer credit rules, and refers students to financial, accessibility, or wellbeing services when the problem is not an academic one.
Designs and revises what gets taught in a course, program, or school system, along with the materials teachers use to deliver it. Works from standards, subject expertise, and teacher feedback, then supports rollout with guides, exemplars, and training sessions.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionEducation and training
Helps adults and older students who struggle with reading, writing, or basic numeracy build those skills from wherever they currently are. Sessions are usually one-to-one or in very small groups, and progress is measured against practical tasks such as completing forms or reading workplace instructions.
Certificate or college diplomaEducation and training
Tax preparers complete tax returns for individuals and small businesses from the records a client supplies, applying the rules in force for that filing period. The work is concentrated around filing deadlines and involves a lot of client contact, since the hardest part is usually getting complete and accurate information.
Short course or on-the-job trainingFinance, accounting and insurance
Tax accountants handle the tax position of businesses and individuals with more complex affairs: compliance filings, provisions in the accounts, and advice on how planned transactions will be treated. A large part of the job is reading legislation and guidance carefully and applying it to a specific set of facts.
Bachelor's degreeFinance, accounting and insurance
Investment analysts research companies, sectors, or instruments and form a view on what they are worth and what could change that. The output is usually a written recommendation supported by a valuation model, defended in front of portfolio managers, clients, or an investment committee.
Bachelor's degreeFinance, accounting and insurance
