Career Stories

Young male welder smiling

Ethan Bligh

Job: Specialist Welder

Industry/Sector: Advanced Manufacturing

I’m proud of what we make in Tasmania. I’m so very proud to know what we make is used across the world. I find it amazing where things we make end up.

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Female health specialist smiling with young male students

Rebekah Cook

Job: Speech and Language Pathologist

Industry/Sector:Health

The kids are so clever. They just need that little bit of time or practice, and you’re there helping them to get where you knew they could go. You get to play a little part in helping them reach their potential.

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Female University graduate smiling

Kendal Sylvester

Job: Nursing Student and Health Professional

Industry/Sector: Health

Throughout high school I was never certain of the career I wanted to pursue. I had lots of ideas, but nothing jumped out as ‘the one’. I started thinking about the life I wanted and identifying where my skills and strengths might be best suited.

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Young Tasmanian Aboriginal woman

Kitana Mansell

Job: Project Coordinator

Industry/Sector: Tourism and Hospitality

The best way I think to connect with culture is through food, and storytelling behind what we are eating. Traditional food that people have been eating for thousands of years.

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Podiatrist Joe Brooks

Joe Brooks

Job: Podiatrist

Industry/Sector:Health

The ability to help someone is such a rewarding and purposeful aspect of a job! They say find something you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.

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