About Us
The Australian Centre for Career Education (ACCE) is a national career education subject association, subject expert, and endorsed training provider of career practitioners by the peak industry body, The Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA). We are a not-for-profit educational charity and thought leader in career education and development.
Founded in 1975 as the Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) to train teachers in secondary schools to support student subject choices and transitioning. We have a proud history of service to the education, not-for-profit sectors, governments, and the community. We have a national focus on the development and delivery of high-quality career resources, training, and consulting services across Australia.
Read about our work in our Impact Reports below.
Career Development
Career development is the process of reflecting on your strengths and aspirations and managing life, learning, and work across the lifespan. We believe that through the development and delivery of ethical and professional career education and training, careers counselling services and products, individuals can become successful career self-managers.
Mission: Our mission is the advancement of career development and education for the public benefit of all Australians.
Vision: To service the wider public benefit as the leader in the provision of quality career education and career development services and products to the community.
ACCE is a founding member association of CICA and a member of the Council of Professional Teaching Associations Victoria.
Honorary Academic
Our Honorary Academic is leading Australian career theorist, Dr Mary McMahon.
ACCE represents career development on:
- RBA Education Advisory Panel
- Banyule Nillumbik Tech School Member
- Public Skills Australia, Careers and Pathways Network
- The Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria
- Founding Member Association of CICA
- National Youth Employment Board, Advisory Board
- GAN Australia Steering Committee
We partner with:
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Victorian Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
- Canadian Career Development Foundation
- Orygen
- AMSI
ACCE connects to Victoria's 29 regional career groups to support careers practitioners in their work. For more information about Regional Careers Groups contact us membership@acce.org.au
Many ACCE staff are listed on The Australian Register of Professional Career Development Practitioners. ACCE is a member of the IAEVG and the National Career Development Association of America.
