Welcome to this free eLearning Resource on Careers for Australian students in the primary, middle school and senior years (Years 5 - 12).

The Design Concept is based on the local Shopping Mall and became a “Careers Market” and then in 2024 - "Careers Expo".

The website has been created to use "jobs" as a vehicle to encourage students to improve their literacy, numeracy and critical and creative thinking skills.

 Technology is used wherever possible to introduce students to new practical and mostly free websites, games and apps.

The website tries to break job stereotypes eg. female truckies or disabled livestock farmer to a young inventor of apps. We endeavour to encourage students (and teachers and parents) to read and learn about different jobs and the people who are engaged (or were engaged) with these jobs to show the students that they, no matter what their circumstance, could aspire to these jobs.

There is a special emphasis for Rural, Regional and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to inspire these students to think about further education TAFE & University. It is also hoped to open up more pathways for each of the students using this website. 

The website can be used as a class, group work or an individual activity for students from a single lesson, multiple lessons to integrated units of work. With its use of technology and encouraging students to explore, this website can become an engaging online activity that students find fascinating and absorbing while learning and increasing their skills.

Cooperative Learning Strategy icon This icon denotes that students need to work with each other to complete the activity

One Careers Teacher said “I decided to use “On the Job” as an activity for disengaged students in Years 9 – 10 and found that not only were they interested and actively engaged with the website and all they could do there, but, more importantly their Literacy Skills were markedly improved. Thanks “On the Job!””

In summary, “On the Job” website is a great way for students to learn about different jobs, to play games and other activities about those jobs, watch YouTube videos, download free apps, read stories of people who have worked at this job and, have links to industry websites. The vehicle of "jobs" allows students to increase their literacy, numeracy, critical and creative skills.

 

Professional Learning Index

A further purpose of On the Job is to provide eLearning Resources for Teachers including Lesson Guides; Lesson Strategies; Technology websites that can be used in the classroom.

 

In 2016, the University of South Australia recognised "On the Job" website as an
Online Learning Desination
for students on this program.

Teachers of students who are part of the Children's University look at different tasks within On the Job and get the students to complete them - after school, on weekends or during holidays.

Each month, On the Job provides teachers and students with activities to complete around a particular job.

During the holidays, OTJ provides a unit of work - one that will take more time and is a rich task.