Careers in Chemistry

Your interest in chemistry gives you hundreds of career options. Some career options only require that you have completed a chemistry course in High School, but completion of a High School Chemistry course may be a prerequisite for further tertiary education courses. You should check with your Careers Advisor to ensure that you are studying the correct combination of subjects that will allow you to enter the tertiary course you are interested in.

The following sections list some of the career opportunities available for those interested in Chemistry, with the type of training you will usually need. It is best to talk to your careers advisor about your career options and the training required before making your Year 11 subject choices.

The careers below usually only require that you have completed High School.

Chemical Plant Operator

Dispensing Assistant

Dry Cleaner

Farm Hand, Farmer, Farm Manager

Film Processing Worker

Foundry Worker

Fruit and Vegetable Picker

Gardener

Heat Treater

Kiln Operator

Laundry Worker

Nursery Worker

Nursing Assistant

Pest and Weed Controller

Photographic Processor

Plastics and Composites Fabricator

Shot Firer

Textile Technician

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The careers below usually require you to complete either an apprenticeship, or, complete a certificate course from Registered Training Organisation or TAFE.

Agricultural Technical Officer

Aquaculture Technician

Beauty Therapist

Business Equipment Technician

Cheesemaker

Dairy Products Inspector

Dairy Technician

Dyer

Electroplater

Fisheries Technical Officer

Flower Grower

Food Processing Technician

Furniture Polisher

Gemmologist

Greenkeeper

Laboratory Assistant

Landscape Gardener

Museum Technician

Pharmacy Assistant

Primary Products Inspector

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic

Silversmith

Tree Sugeon

Vehicle Painter

Vetinary Nurse

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The careers below usually require you to have completed a course from a TAFE or similar tertiary education provider.

Ambulance Officer

Civil Engineering Design Draftsperson

Food Processing Technician

Geoscience Technician

Laboratory Technician

Medical Laboratory Technician

Metallurgical Technician

Nurse

Tissue Culture Technician

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The careers below usually require that you have completed a course of study at a recognised University.

Agricultural Engineer

Agricultural Scientist

Agronomist

Anaesthetist

Biochemist

Biotechnologist

Botanist

Ceramics Engineer

Chemical Engineer

Chemist

Civil Engineering Technologist

Conservator

Dietitian

Ecologist

Entomologist

Environmental Engineer

Environmental Health Officer

Environmental Scientist

Forensic Scientist

Forester

Geneticist

Geologist

Geophysicist

Horticulturalist

Horticultural Scientist

Industrial Engineer

Industrial Radiographer

Life Scientist

Marine Scientist

Medical Scientist

Medical Practitionier

Metallurgist

Microbiologist

Minerals Process Engineer

Museum Curator

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Nurse

Nutritionist

Obstetrician

Oceanographer

Optometrist

Patent Examiner

Pathologist

Petroleum Engineer

Pharmacist

Pharmacologist

Physicist

Physiologist

Plastic Surgeon

Podiatrist

Radiologist

Refrigeration Engineer

Sports Medicine Practitioner

Sports Scientist

Teacher

University Lecturer

Veterinarian

Winemaker

Zoologist

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