7–10Work Education 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new Work Education 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Work Education 7–10 Syllabus (2019).
2026 and 2027 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Features of a career pathway plan
Steps for career pathway planning
Self-awareness, self-advocacy and self-agency for career pathway planning
Support networks and services for career pathway planning
Reasons career pathway plans change
Create a personal career pathway plan
Information to include in a job portfolio
Benefits of a job portfolio
Elements of a curriculum vitae (CV)
Work experience opportunities to enhance a curriculum vitae (CV)
Participate in creating a curriculum vitae (CV)
Ways to present a job portfolio
Resources and support networks to assist with developing a job portfolio
Reasons to update a job portfolio
Features of recruitment and selection processes
Skills and strategies to search for a job
Components of a job advertisement
Features of a cover letter for a job advertisement
Skills needed to participate in a job interview
Ways to reflect on interview skills after a job interview to identify areas for improvement
Possible requirements of a job
Transferable skills needed for the workplace
Technical skills needed for specific roles in the workplace
Identify and demonstrate skills and strategies used to prepare for the workplace in hypothetical and real-world situations
Investigate a current issue in relation to preparing for the workplace
Communicate solutions and/or actions in response to the current issue investigated
Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate ideas relating to preparing for the workplace