Career Education Short Course | Manufacturing Skills Queensland

Career Education Short Course: Empowering Year 10 students for future success

Manufacturing Skills Queensland presents Your Career Factory Careers — a 25-lesson resource suite aligned to the Career Education Short Course syllabus. These resources are designed for delivery over 10-weeks. Created for Year 10 students, lesson plans, slide decks, activity sheets, multimedia and assessment tasks to support educators to bridge the gap between school education and the evolving manufacturing industry, equipping students with the knowledge and insights needed to explore diverse career pathways within this vital sector.

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Program highlights

Your Career Factory offers a comprehensive exploration of the manufacturing industry’s role in the modern economy. Students will gain an understanding of various career opportunities beyond traditional roles, including positions in design, assembly, food technology, aerospace engineering, and more. Carefully aligned with the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s Short Course in Career Education students will be well-equipped with the knowledge and exposure needed to make informed decisions about their future careers in this vital industry.

Objectives and benefits

Provide students with a clear understanding of the manufacturing sector and its economic significance.
Highlight the wide range of career paths available, emphasising the importance of STEM subjects in manufacturing.
Develop students’ employability skills, career adaptability, and lifelong learning mindset.
Support informed decision-making regarding subject selection, post-school options, and career planning.
Encourage self-awareness through guided reflection, goal setting, and exploration of personal strengths and interests.

Program structure and delivery

Resources are designed for flexible delivery in 35- or 70-minute lessons over 10 weeks. It includes fully developed lesson plans, multimedia resources such as engaging videos and web-based materials, assessment tools to track student progress, and comprehensive teacher support guides. This structure allows schools to integrate the program seamlessly into existing timetables and teaching approaches.

Educators have total flexibility to deliver the full program, select specific lessons, or use individual resources to augment their existing teaching and career education activities.

Pilot collaboration and development

Originally piloted in 2025, the program was developed in collaboration with Griffith University and partners—Urangan State High School, Maryborough State High School, Mitchelton State High School and Edmund Rice. Feedback from the pilot phase informed the final resource design.

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Resources are available to all schools now. Visit our educator resources portal on Manufacturing Matters to download the resources.

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Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of Griffith University and our partners, whose expertise and support were instrumental in developing and piloting this program. Special thanks also to the creative teams Indi Dust and Avenue Crew who developed multimedia and resource materials that bring the course to life.

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Funding acknowledgement

Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ) is an independent body established by the Queensland Government to build a sustainably skilled workforce for a future-proofed manufacturing industry. Manufacturing Skills Queensland is funded by the Queensland Government.