The Australian Blueprint for Career Development (“the Blueprint”) has the potential to change the way Australians think about career education, information and guidance programmes. The Blueprint has multiple goals but its primary aim is to have users work with a national framework of career competencies to create comprehensive and effective and measurable career development programs which help Australians to better manage their lives, learning and work.
Australian Blueprint for Career Developement Draft Prototype PDF 
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Appendices PDF (1.4 MB) | RTF (4.4 MB)
In 2006 the draft prototype of the Blueprint will be trialled, tested and refined in a number of jurisdictions and settings. The RFT to conduct the trials was advertised on 7 October and will close on 1 November 2005. For more information about the tender go to www.dest.gov.au/tenders
Organisations that wish to participate, as part of the Services which will be delivered by the successful tenderer, in particular aspects of the trials or with certain target groups or clients may express an interest by providing contact details to carol.locke@dest.gov.au
Should you choose to express an interest your organisation’s contact details will be provided to the successful tenderer and the National Advisory Committee for consideration but it will not guarantee participation in the trials.
An issues paper developed to inform the Blueprint (Managing Life, Learning and Work in the 21st Century by Dr Mary McMahon, Professor Wendy Patton and Mr Peter Tatham) is available here in PDF (215.9 KB)
More background information is also available