About this industry
Illustrators (including Animators) plan, design, develop, and prepare pictures and diagrams to communicate messages, clarify meaning, assist in presentations and illustrate stories, using traditional and digital media such as drawing, painting, drafting, collage, models, photography, and image capture and manipulation software.
Where can this take you?
Job titles in this industry
- IT Technician
- IT Customer Support Officer/IT Help Desk Officer
- Database Administrator
- IT Security Analyst
- Quality Assurance Tester/Analyst
- User Support Officer
- Network Support Officer
- Telecommunications Technician
- Cabler (Data and Telecommunications)
- IT Retail Customer Service Representative
Career opportunities
- Network Support Officer
- Database Administrator
- Web Developer
- Software Developer
- IT Project Manager
- Data Analyst
- Systems Administrator
- Network Operation Analyst
VET qualifications
Continue your studies with one of the following:
- ICT40120 Certificate IV in Information Technology
- ICT41119 Certificate IV in Telecommunications Network Design
- ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology
University pathway careers
University study in information technology can lead to employment as:
- IT Manager
- IT Programmer
- Software Developer
- System Administration
- Information and Communications Technologist
- Computer Network and Systems Engineer
- Software and Applications Programmer
- Software Engineer
- IT Business and System Analyst
University degrees
- Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Graduate Diploma in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Computer Science
- Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Study VET while you complete the SACE
Traineeship/apprenticeship (contract or training)
Qualifications you could earn
Start your career at school through on-the-job training in one of:
- ICT20120 Certificate II in Applied Digital Technologies
- ICT30120 Certificate III in Information Technology
- ICT30519 Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology
Qualifications for institutional delivery (off-the-job training)
Qualifications you could earn
Start VET study at school through off-the-job training in:
- ICT30120 Certificate III in Information Technology