Employment Services
Vision Australia offers training to enable people who are blind or vision impaired to carve out a career.
Vision Australia provides advice and training to help people find and keep a job, make a career change, achieve a promotion or settle into a new role.
Our specialist staff works in partnership with job seekers, employers and other employment agencies, offering services that equip people to succeed in their chosen career.
We assist people to work in a range of industries from manufacturing and building to finance, administration and hospitality.
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Vocational assessment
Consultants assess a person's readiness for work, taking into account their qualifications and skills, work history and independence.
Goal setting
We help to identify existing skills, interests and abilities and match these to appropriate career and job choices.
Training
Upgrading skills or learning to use new equipment may help a person to achieve their goals. Staff can advise on training options such as braille courses or lessons on computers with screen readers or print enlarging software.
Specific job training is available, in some locations, including courses in office skills, woodwork and metal work. Some qualifications are nationally recognised.
Job skills
We show job seekers how to search for work in their chosen field. We also offer assistance with interview skills, preparing a resume and writing job applications.
Employment placement
Our employment consultants partner with employers and other organisations to identify suitable vacancies for job seekers.
Worksite assessment
We conduct workplace assessments and suggest environmental modifications such as changes in lighting that may enable a person to carry out a specific job successfully.
Subsidy and funding applications
Some people may be eligible for wage subsidies, workplace modification funding or other support at work. Our employment consultants can identify these benefits and provide assistance with applications where appropriate.
On-the-job support
Ongoing support may be offered while a person learns to do their new job. We can provide education about vision impairment for employers and other staff as well as assistance in converting work manuals and other printed material into accessible formats such as braille and audio.
Our wide range of services is provided through regional and metropolitan locations in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, mostly free-of-charge.
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2007 Employment Report
The Unemployment Report 2007 is the first of this scale ever done in Australia. The main objective was to establish an accurate measure of national employment levels among people who are blind of have low vision.