Career Services Functions and Responsibilities

General functions of Career Services

• To establish and maintain a data base of information about occupations and about post-compulsory education and training;
• To make that information available to the public and to institutions, private training establishments, students, and other interested bodies and persons;
• To provide:

i) Training and assistance to persons who advise about occupations; and
ii) Career advice and associated counselling relating to post-compulsory education and training:

• To liaise with, and monitor the needs of, institutions, private training establishments, students and other bodies and persons with respect to:

i) Information, training, and advice relating to occupations; and
ii) Career advice and associated counselling relating to post-compulsory education and training:

• To provide support services for the purpose of promoting transition education that prepares students for employment, or further education and training, or both.

Key activities

Key products and services of Career Services are:

• KiwiCareers and associated electronically-based products;
• Work Capacity Assessment;
• Labour market competencies assessments for people who are;
• school leavers.
• in career change.
• in redundancy and pre-retirement situation.
• Parents As Career Educators Workshops (PACE):
• Training of career professionals:
• Provision of career information advice and planning:
• Local up-to-date labour market information:
• Curriculum vitae production:
• Industry information media - both electronic, web page, and paper based:
• Bi-annual industry conferences.

Duties of Board members

Further information on the duties of Board members can be found at:

• Guidance for Members of Statutory, Commercial and Other Bodies Appointed by the Crown [Cabinet Office Circular, DPMC Website]

Relevant legislation:

• Section 280, Education Act 1989