Our aim is to help School leavers make informed and rational choices about their working futures. We share information and teaching programs as a group and also organise Tertiary Awareness Days and other career information activities. The Association is based on the North Coast of New South Wales in Australia.

Within our Association there are a number of sub groups. Here are a list of these sub groups and contact people.


Summerland Careers Association can be contacted via Bill Goldie at Lismore High School, Dalley Street ( Box 566 ) Lismore NSW 2480. Summerland covers a diverse area of towns from the alternate lifestyle centres of Nimbin and Byron Bay to the farming communities of Kyogle and Casino. The centre of this region is Lismore. Southern Cross University services the North Coast for most of its University needs. The North Coast Institute of TAFE operates four campuses here with Wollongbar TAFE being the largest campus between Newcastle and Brisbane.

Tweed Association can be contacted via Maree Broad at Mullumbimby High School, Main Street, Mullumbimby, NSW. As Tweed links to the Gold Coast area of Queensland, most of its students are interested in Queensland and Gold Coast Unis and TAFEs. The area is a centre for tourism with Kingscliff TAFE having some of the best hospitality training facilities in the state. Both SCU and NSW TAFE have a presence in the area.

Port Macquarie Careers Association can be contacted via David Lister at Westport Technology High School in Port Macquarie. Port is in the south of our region. A popular holiday destination, tourism and hospitality are both important to this area. Students in this area look south for their training and job opportunities. While SCU maintains a presence in Port, most students aim to attend Newcastle, University of New England or the Sydney Universities and TAFEs. Often Port Macquarie Schools will link with the Newcastle Region rather than the North Coast Region.

Coff's Harbour Association can be contacted via Chris Pearson at Macksville High School. Coff's area has a number of fine schools. Of particular interest is Coff's Harbour Educational Campus (CHEC). It is an innovative campus made up of a senior school college, a TAFE College and a campus of Southern Cross University (SCU). The area is concerned with tourism but also is an important agricultural area. Grafton Careers Advisers often link with this group. In the Grafton area, Joann Kelly at South Grafton High School is an excellent contact.

The Vocational Education Consultants for the North Coast of New South Wales ( Australia ) are Mr Peter Skaines for the Tweed Area and Sharyn Lane for the Richmond Area. Sharyn and Peter's task is to oversee the NSW Dept of Education and Training's policies on Vocational Education. Part of their brief is to help Careers Advisers.