All students at Sydney Boys High School have the opportunity of achieving their chosen pathway through the school's individually focussed Careers Education program. Our students are tertiary focussed with the majority proceeding to university.

By utilising the facilities available:

• strong links with universities
• individual guidance testing
• targeted work experience opportunities
• guest speakers

students are in a position to have sound knowledge of their chosen career pathway. Formulating an Action Plan is central to each student’s post school progress.

Formal interviews are conducted for each year 12 student with the Careers Advisor. Parents often request joint interviews. Interviews are able to be conducted with students from other year groups as requested.

Year 10 students are introduced to the process of planning secondary and post-secondary education pathways. Year 10 attend lessons involving the Senior Transition program and School to Work program. All year 10 boys have the opportunity to gain a Tax File Number (TFN) through the Careers Advisor.

All students in years 10, 11 and 12 are involved in completing Career Voyage - a careers guidance program. Students are also able to access the school's Careers Web Page. This is a comprehensive site with links to Universities, TAFE, Guidance Programs, Careers News and other links to help students with their future choices. Students are also encouraged to subscribe to the ‘email alerts’ service, which will keep each student well informed of all career news.

Work experience is voluntary for years 10, 11 and 12 at any time that does not cause conflict with exams or assessment.

Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the ‘Combined Careers and Courses Evening’, run jointly with Sydney Girls High School.

The Careers Advisor may be contacted on 9361 6970 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Careers Resource Area
A Careers Resource area is located in the Senior Library.

Links and Resources

• Sydney Boys High School Careers Alerts
• SBHS Careers Interview Form
• Job Guide

• SBHS Latest Careers News
• School to Work Program Employment Related Skills Logbook
• UNSW Network Schools Program Calendar

Elite Athletes and Performers Schemes

• University of NSW
• Sydney University

Scholarship Schemes

• University of NSW
• Sydney University
• University of Technology, Sydney

Work Experience

Work experience is:

• Voluntary
• Available to Year 10, 11 and 12 students
• May be from 1 to 5 days long

Process for applying and gaining Work Experience placement:

1. See your Careers Advisor
2. Complete the Careers Voyage Guidance Program
3. Discuss your completed Guidance Program with your parents and Careers Advisor
4. Choose one of the careers from your program list
5. Approach employers in this career domain
6. When placement found, collect all legally required documents from your Careers Advisor to give to the employer
7. Return legal documents signed by your parents to the Careers Advisor
8. Collect "On The Job" legal forms for your placement and go to Work Experience
9. Upon completion of Work Experience, return required legal documents to you Careers Advisor, debrief and receive your Work Experience Certificate.

Important: You cannot go to Work Experience in:

• The last week of your school year
• During school holidays
• During or in place of school camps or other designated school activities
• One week prior to, or during exams and assessments
• Other periods of the school calendar deemed inappropriate