Vocational Pathways
What is Vocational Pathways?
Vocational Pathways is a tool that helps students to see how their strengths, achievements and NCEA studies relate to future study options and job opportunities and the qualifications and skills that are required by industry. If you're learning a skill that could lead to a specific job, like how to repair cars or how to be a chef, you're getting vocational training. Vocational means "related to a career." A vocation is a job or career, so something vocational is related to a specific kind of work.
Vocational Pathways also cross over into different pathways .... see the list of jobs by Pathways
Pathways covers six industry sectors:
Manufacturing and Technology
Construction and Infrastructure
Creative Industries
Primary Industries
Service Industries
Social and Community Services
Manufacturing and Technology
This pathway may be for you if you are interested in:
wood, metals, textiles, chemicals or other materials
making or processing food or beverages
using technology to develop and monitor production
working with your hands
managing and planning production
Construction & Infrastructure
This pathway may be for you if you are interested in:
physical work and working with your hands
working with tools, machinery and equipment to do building, repair or maintenance work
following and developing plans and specifications
problem solving
making calculations, and preparing estimates and quotes for costs and materials
Creative Industries
This pathway may be for you if you are interested in:
using communication skills, such as writing or presenting
preforming and entertaining people
using creative, design and editing skills
working with a range of cultural materials and objects
interpreting and developing other people's ideas
using computers and design software
working with people, including the media and clients
Primary Industries
This pathway may be for you if you are interested in:
raising and working with animals
planting, growing and harvesting trees, plants and crops
driving tractors, motorbikes, boats and heavy machinery
doing physical work and working with your hands
business management such as budgeting and accounting
science and research
Service Industries
This pathway may be for you if you are interested in:
sales and customer services
services in the defence force
promoting and presenting goods to customers, and using creative skills
business management
working with food and drink
providing accommodation
planning, organising or promoting sports or fitness activities
Social & Community Services
This pathway may be for you if you are interested in:
working with people of different ages, life stages, abilities and cultures
counselling and therapy
community support and care
diagnosing and treating people
planning and organising
health promotions and advise
medical research, testing and technical support
