Relevant Career Industry Organisation Links

The Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand
The Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand was formed at the beginning of 1997 with the aim of drawing together a diverse range of people working in the careers and related fields under a unified professional vision. The Association recognises that the process of career development occurs in many settings, including education, industry, commerce, government and the professions.
One of the major aims of the Association is to promote and develop professional standards, including the endorsement of quality training programmes. The Association also functions as a national voice for members, providing comment through the national executive committee where policy and practice impact on issues of concern to the career profession.
The Association maintains active links with its international counterparts and supports professional collegiality at all levels. The Association provides a professional membership network through a regular newsletter.

For information about becoming a member of CPANZ and to download a membership application form, visit the Membership section of the CPANZ website.

Careers and Transition Education Association (Aotearoa) Inc. (CATE)
The main purposes of the Careers and Transition Education Association (Aotearoa) Inc. are:

• To provide a resource network for Careers and Transition educators throughout New Zealand for the dissemination and exchange of ideas, courses, programmes and information. 
• To act as a vehicle for discussion with Government departments and other bodies associated with transition.

New Zealand Association of Counsellors Inc
Objectives of NZAC:

• Promote effective counselling services.
• Assist clients to obtain services adequate to their needs.
• Develop common policies on counselling issues and transmit comment on these issues to the public, to the government, and to other appropriate authorities.
• Ensure the establishment of professional standards, to promote satisfactory conditions of employment and to protect the interests and public standing of counselling personnel.
• Provide a forum for members to discuss matters of common concern.
• Promote an adequate level of training and supervision.
• Publish such journals, monographs and other publications as the National Executive shall from time to time decide.
• Affiliate with national and international organisations of counselling.
• Express through its activities and resource allocations a strong commitment to reduce the social disadvantages resulting from differences of race, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation and any contravention of human rights.

The Australian Association of Career Counsellors (AACC)
The Australian Association of Career Counsellors is a national organization of practitioners who provide careers services for people seeking to enter the workforce or change worklife direction.
Our members work in education, employment, rehabilitation, human resources, government service, community settings and private practice.