Career development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure, and transitions in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future. Career development provides a person, often a learner or a prospective student, focus for selecting a career or subject(s) to undertake in the future.

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Subject Choice Assessments

Subject Choice assessments are aimed at assisting learners in Grade 9 with their subject selection for the Further Education and Training (FET) phase, grades 10 to 12. Recommendations may also be made for the consideration of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), through the completion of a National Certificate: Vocational (NCV) at a TVET college. These assessments may also assist learners in Grade 7 when they are looking to further their education in the senior phase of formal education in a specific type of school e.g. technical, agricultural, arts, or mainstream academic schools.
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Furthermore, subject choice is important in providing learners and their parents with information regarding further study at tertiary level and future career development.  Valuable information pertaining to potential, aptitude, personality, interests, values and study habits provide insight into possible interventions that might be required to develop certain of these areas within an individual.  Furthermore, these assessments provide information to guide a learner in choosing a suitable future career path that aligns with their individual profile.
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This service includes a verbal intake and feedback session with parents, and a comprehensive report consisting of results and recommendations, with consideration of the learner’s aptitude potential, interest and personality profile, career values, and study orientation.

SCHOOLS: Group Subject Choice Assessments

Subject choice assessments are offered to schools in group context. Each Grade 9 learner has the opportunity to participate in a subject choice assessment. The service consists of the following, and all the interactions take place at the guest school:

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  • Advocacy session with learners, parents and teachers to discuss the assessment process, and allow parents to ask questions, and arrange for consent forms to be competed.
  • An assessment session facilitated at the school. This psychometric assessment session comprised of a full school day, and include an aptitude test (The Differential Aptitude Test, DAT) and an interest profile.
  • A concise report is prepared for each learner, incorporating the information supplied by each learner in their intake form, the assessment findings, and with consideration of the subject package offerings of the school.
  • A group feedback session is conducted at the school with the learners and parents attending. Each learner receives an individual report, and learners and parents are afforded the opportunity for individual discussions afterwards with the psychologist.

Career Assessment and Counselling

Career assessment and counselling services are aimed at assisting Grade 11 & 12 learners, and young post-school students and adults with their choice of study, career and employment. The focus is on the exploration of the individual’s potential and competencies, their career-related interests and personality styles, their career values, their knowledge of the world of work, and their career decision-making readiness.

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The service includes a face-to face intake and feedback session and a comprehensive report consisting of results and recommendations, as well as information regarding relevant study and employment opportunities, higher and further education and training institutions, bursary information and financial support resources.

Employers and adults in career transition

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Consultation services to employers include the utilisation of psychometric assessments for recruitment, selection and employee development purposes. Adults in career transition may benefit from career counselling to explore their options, and engage in narrative career counselling to navigate their further career development.