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Teacher Aide | Kaiāwhina Kaiako

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Teacher aides assist teachers in a classroom by working with students on a one-to-one basis, or in groups. 

Painter and Decorator | Kaipeita/Kaiwhakapaipai Whare

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Painters and decorators apply decorative and protective finishes to interior and exterior walls, doors, windows and other surfaces of buildings.

Community Karitāne | Karitāne – Hapori Whānui

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Community karitāne offer support to families with children under the age of five, and provide information on parenting issues such as breastfeeding, infant nutrition, sleeping and child behaviour.

Pathologist | Kaimātai Mate Tangata

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Pathologists are doctors who diagnose and study human diseases and conditions. They diagnose health problems by testing tissue and fluid samples taken from patients.

Train Driver | Kaitaraiwa Rerewhenua

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Train drivers drive passenger or freight trains. They may shift (shunt) carriages and wagons using trains or remote controls.

Interior Designer | Kaitātai o-Roto

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Interior designers plan, design, decorate and furnish spaces in residential, commercial, retail and leisure environments.

Returning to work after a gap

Find out how to return to paid work or change your career after a gap.

English – classroom activities

Ideas on how to relate English teaching to future careers and life beyond school.

Funeral Director/Embalmer | Kaihautū/Kaiwhakapaipai Tūpāpaku

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Funeral directors/embalmers organise and direct funerals, register deaths, and prepare human bodies for visits by families, and for burial or cremation.

Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) | Kaiako Reo Pākehā (ki te Hunga Kōrero Reo Kē)

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Teachers of English to speakers of other languages (ESOL teachers) teach people from non-English speaking backgrounds how to speak, read and write English.