LinkUp Careers · Free & Open to Everyone
Opening doors for women in Construction, Energy and Manufacturing
These industries offer dynamic, well-paid careers with real room to grow, yet too many women never see a clear way in. LinkUp Careers shows you where your skills already fit and how to take the first step.
Connect, Try it, Learn, Land
Four steps to take you from curiosity to your way in.
Step 1: Connect
Meet women working in Construction, Energy and Manufacturing, from the tools to the boardroom. Ask questions, hear how they got started and build connections that support you as your career grows.
Meet role modelsStep 2: Try it
Get your foot in the door with a workshop, site visit or taster program before you commit. See the workplace, meet the people and find out what the job is really like.
Find a programStep 3: Learn
Build on the skills you already have with short courses and qualifications that fit your life.
Browse coursesStep 4: Land
Discover hidden jobs you can enter at entry level or by using the skills you already have, and see where they can lead.
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Discover Growing Industries
These industries are growing and need more women. Here is where you could belong, including jobs you may never have heard of.
Construction
Beyond the trades you know: plant operators, site security and demolition.
Energy
The energy transition is creating new jobs, from linesworkers to air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics.
Manufacturing
Boilermakers and plant maintainers keep production running, and their skills carry across industries.
Find your people, find your path, build real capability
Find your people
Build your network with women who have walked these paths before you. Our role models, mentors and community are here to support you at every step, from your first question to your first role in the industry and beyond.
Find your path
Discover hidden, lesser-known jobs alongside the trades you already know. Recognise the skills and knowledge you already have, whether from school, study, work or life, see how they transfer between industries and occupations, and get your foot in the door.
Build real capability
Grow through training, industry experience and pathways that lead somewhere, so you can build a successful career with long-term prospects, flexibility and the chance to progress.
Women are front and centre, because seeing someone who has done it changes what is possible.
Get your foot in the door
Not sure if it is for you? These free programs let women and career changers experience an industry firsthand before making any commitment.
"If she can see it, she can be it."
Meet the women who made the move and hear how they found their way in.
"I’m excited to share some great news—I’ve successfully passed the pre-enrollment stage with Alstom! If all goes well with the medical and police checks, I’ll be starting the program on October 6, 2025. Fingers crossed, I’m hoping this will lead to an apprenticeship opportunity at the end of the program."
Sam
Alstom pre-enrolment update · 8 September 2025
Are you a role model in the making?
Do you work in Construction, Energy or Manufacturing, in any role from the tools to leadership? Share your story, or invite a friend to a taster program. Your experience could be exactly what another woman needs to take her first step.
For the People Who Guide Her
These industries have changed. It's time our thinking caught up.
When a woman shows interest in a trade or industrial career, the response she gets from the people around her shapes everything. Outdated assumptions about safety, culture, suitability or status can close a door before it has been opened. LinkUp Careers gives educators and parents the knowledge, stories and tools to be an informed source of support.
Teachers
"Expand what you put in front of her"
The careers guidance gap is real. Here's how to close it.
Construction, Energy and Manufacturing offer some of Australia's most in-demand and well-paid careers, including hidden jobs most students have never heard of. Get current, practical information about these industries today, connect your students with women working in them, and open doors they did not know existed.
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"Replace assumptions with real information"
Your reaction to her curiosity matters more than you know.
These are not the industries of a generation ago. They are safer, more diverse and more rewarding than most people realise. We will give you the facts, the stories and the perspective you need to support her curiosity and help her get a foot in the door.
Read our guide for parentsYour next hire is already looking for you.
Employers, training organisations, universities, industry associations and sponsors: reach women changing careers into Construction, Energy and Manufacturing, and the female students who will follow them. Showcase your hidden jobs, courses and people, or fund practical support that removes barriers.
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