Education Managers nec
What the work is
This is the official catch-all entry for other education managers not listed separately. Tasks vary, so look at the related occupations below for what similar work involves.
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the trades and applied skills faculty of a fictional technical college in a regional city. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A student who nearly left in their first month stands up at graduation with their family watching
- Teachers from different departments agree on a plan after a long, honest meeting
- An employer calls to say the graduates they hired are the best they have had
Hard days
- A funding change lands and you have to tell a team that a program may not run
- A teacher you respect is not coping and the students are feeling it
- A complaint from a student, backed by a parent, about a decision that was within the rules
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 141499, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.