This industry covers short-term accommodation, food and beverages and hospitality services and work. The focus is on giving a good customer experience.

Accommodation workers look after short-term holiday accommodation such as hotels, motels and caravan parks.

Food and beverage workers provide services such as preparation and serving of food and beverages to customers. This service covers businesses like cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars, catering and takeaway food places.

This industry also covers hospitality work in clubs and other social and entertainment facilities.

This industry covers most aspects of managing and producing our natural resources. This includes growing crops, raising and caring for animals, managing timber growth and harvesting, and harvesting fish and other animals.

It also covers caring for natural environments such as parks, gardens and nature reserves, as well as growing and harvesting plants for people's private gardens.

This industry covers most aspects of managing and producing our natural resources. This includes growing crops, raising and caring for animals, managing timber growth and harvesting, and harvesting fish and other animals.

It also covers caring for natural environments such as parks, gardens and nature reserves, as well as growing and harvesting plants for people's private gardens.

The arts and recreation services industry covers a broad range of roles that create enjoyable experiences for people.

The creative and performing arts sector includes organisations that produce live theatrical or musical performances as well as film, radio and television.

The design sector offers careers in areas such as graphic design, animation and illustration, furniture and object design, interior design, jewellery, textile and fashion design, as well as computer systems, gaming and web design.

The sports and recreation sector offer highly skilled roles such as coaches, instructors and sporting officials.

You'll also find within this industry travel and events professionals who are skilled at providing seamless experiences in conferences, tours, organised travel, festivals and expos.

The construction sector is one of the most important sectors in the Australian economy covering residential and commercial buildings, civil engineering and infrastructure as well as services to ensure they are well maintained. Other services include preparing land for development, architectural and engineering, and the full range of trades.

The education and training industry provides teaching and related support to everyone who is learning from early childhood right through to adult learners. Along with delivering lessons, roles in this industry cover curriculum design, creation of learning materials, and workplace training.

The industry also covers support roles such as teacher's aides, counsellors and career advisors, and special needs assistants.

This industry supplies and supports electricity, gas, water and waste services - important services that keep society working. With a focus on renewable and sustainable technologies, there are exciting careers to explore.

Electricity supply covers the generation, distribution and on-selling of electricity through power grid systems. This also includes renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydroelectricity.

Gas supply covers the distribution of gas, such as natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.

Water supply covers:

• water storage, treatment and distribution
• drainage services
• sewage collection and treatment.

Waste services covers:

• waste collection, treatment and disposal
• treatment of contamination (including land)
• material recovery activities.

The financial and insurance services sector provides a range of services to help people look after and build their wealth, and protect their assets and property.

It covers businesses such as banks and credit unions, superannuation and insurance providers, investment management, stockbroking and securities firms. Businesses in this industry are both public and private, and can be small through to large, multinational companies.

This industry offers a wide range of jobs in areas such as child care, aged care, health, mental health and disability. It also covers social work and community support roles, as well as dental and medical technical roles.

Workers in this industry can be found in public and private organisations, including hospitals, specialist medical and allied health centres, community support organisations and non-for profit organisations such as charities.

The information, media and telecommunications industry covers a wide variety of roles related to creating, storing and distributing information ( newspapers, books, films and music).

In this industry, you'll find people interested in creative and technical writing, photography and music production and backstage production services. It also covers computer infrastructure supporting creative activity, including database management, security, network management, systems analytics and associated technical trades.

The manufacturing industry creates new products from raw materials. Products include food and beverages, chemicals, machinery and more. This industry also covers parts assembly, like prefabricated sections.

There are also high-tech careers in advanced manufacturing. These jobs require skilled workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The mining industry covers the extraction of minerals, oils and gas. Workers operate mines, quarries or oil and gas wells. The industry also covers mining support work such as exploration, drilling and oil and gas field support services.

This industry covers a broad range of personal services - religious, civic, professional and other interest group services. Included are roles that perform some types of maintenance and repair work, like car mechanics. Other services industry also covers staff that work in private households, like housekeepers and groundskeepers.

This industry provides a range of roles such as management, and highly skilled technical and scientific services. Most of the services workers provide in this industry are to other businesses, and they often develop innovations which help other industries become more productive.

Career paths in this industry are varied, depending on the specific professional, scientific or technical area. Workers in this industry are usually highly trained and educated.

The public administration and safety industry looks after the needs of the Australian public and provides federal, state and territory and local government services to them.

The public safety sector is responsible for the prevention of and protection from natural and other threats. It protects and preserves the safety and security of people, property, natural and cultural resources, and infrastructure.

This industry covers renting and hiring of assets, and services that support that work. Assets may be ‘tangible’ such as vehicles and equipment, or intangible, like patents and trademarks. Real estate work – the renting, leasing and selling of property – is the most well-known part of this sector.

Retail trade deals with the process of buying and selling goods to the general public. This work covers both traditional retail operations (that is, from a physical location like a store) and online selling. The buying and selling of goods (which can include a commission) is also part of this industry).

This industry looks after the movement of people and goods by road, rail, air and water. It also includes the storage and warehousing of goods, and all the support activities needed to keep things moving.

Freight and passenger transport businesses can have facilities, employees and equipment spread over many locations, and includes stevedoring, navigation, harbour and airport operations.

Postal and courier services include the activities of Australia Post and its contractors, and others who pick up letters and parcels for delivery.

Warehousing businesses manage and provide storage facilities for products while they are on their way to their destination.

The wholesale industry buys and sells goods to businesses, usually in high volume. Their transactions are commission-based, and they work as agents or brokers between manufacturers and retailers. Wholesalers work from offices or warehouses, and do not have a storefront to display their goods and attract customers.