Professional Associations
It is worth considering joining a professional association while you are a student. Most associations provide student memberships at a reduced membership rate.The benefits are that you can participate in the activities of the association, meet professionals already working in the field you wish to enter and hopefully gain work experience and/or ongoing employment.
The other benefits to you are:
- Increasing your knowledge of the profession and industry you are interested in, which will help you to decide whether you wish to pursue a career in this field
- Remain up-to-date with developments in the field or industry
- Meet other students from various universities who share similar interests and career goals
- Develop vocation skills through participation in professional development activities including workshops, seminars, site visits, employer functions, vacancy listings etc.
- Find out about vacation work, co-operative and work experience placements
The following list of professional associations has been put together to help you get started. For further links to professional associations you can also check out the fantastic resource, Expert Witnesses.
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A
Accountancy
Aerospace
Architecture
Arts (Visual)
- Arts Hub
- Arts Victoria
- Association of Sculptors Victoria
- Australian Association of Glass Artists Ltd
- Australian Business Arts Foundation (ABaF)
- Australian Council for the Arts
- Australian Forum for Textile Artists (TAFTA)
- Basketmakers of Victoria
- Contemporary Sculpture Association
- Council of Textiles and Fashion Industries of Australia
- Craft Australia
- Craft Victoria
- Create Australia
- Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria
- International Fibre Centre
- Jewellers Association of Australia
- Jewellers and Metal Group Australia
- Light Manufacturing Training Australia
- National Association for the Visual Arts Ltd
- Papermakers of Victoria
- Potters Society of Australia
- Society of Dyers and Colourists Australia and University
- Victorian Bookbinders Guild
- Victorian Artists Society
- Victorian Ceramics Group
B
Banking/Finance
Building/Surveying
- Australian Institute of Building
- Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)
- Australian Property Institute
- Building Commission
- Building Designers Association of Australia
- Housing Industry Association
- Institute of Engineering and Mining Surveyors Australia
- Institution of Surveyors Australia (ISA)
- Master Builders Association of Victoria
- Master Plumbers & Mechanical Services Association of Australia
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Business
C
Cabinet Making/Furnishing
Communication/Media/Writers
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australian Cinematographers Society
- Australian Film Commission
- Australian Screen Directors Guild
- Australian Screen Editors Guild
- Australian Society of Authors
- Australian Writers Guild
- Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
- Media, Entertainment, and Arts Alliance
- Screen Producers Association
- Victorian Writers Centre
D
Design
E
Economics
Education
Engineering
Environmental Science
- Australian Council of National Trusts
- Australian Systemic Botany Society
- Conservation Volunteers Australia
- Ecological Society of Australia (ESA)
- Environment Business Australia
- Environment Institute of Australia
- Environmental Protection Authority
- Environment Victoria
- National Council of the Australian Institute of Horticulture
- National Herbarium of Victoria
- Society for Conservation Biology
F
Finance
G
Geoscience/Geology
H
Health
- Aged and Community Services Australia
- Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association
- Australian Health Professionals Association
- Australian Institute of Environmental Health
- Australian Natural Therapists Association
- Australian Osteopathy Association
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Australian Traditional Medicine Society
- Nutrition Australia
- Public Health Association of Australia
Hospitality
Human Resources
I
Information Management/Information Technology
- Association of Commonwealth Archivists & Record Managers (ACARM)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Association for Information and Image Management (AIMM)
- Australian Computer Society (ACS)
- Australian Council of Archives (ACA)
- Australian Council of Libraries and Information Services (ACLIS)
- Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Australian Society of Archivists (ASA)
- Australian Society of Indexers (AuSSI)
- International Council on Archives (ICA)
- International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP)
- International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
- Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA)
- Victorian Association for Library Automation (VALA)
L
Languages
Law
Logistics/Transport
M
Management
Marketing
Mathematics
P
Performing Arts/Music
- Australian Business Arts Foundation (ABaF)
- Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA)
- Australian Music Therapy Association
- Elite Performers Life Skills Advisors Association
- Media, Entertainment, and Arts Alliance
- Music Council of Australia
- Musicians Union of Australia
- Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association
Printing
Psychology
Public Relations
R
Real Estate
S
Science
- Australian Bioethics Association
- Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
- Australian Institute of Biology
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
- Australian Science Communicators
- Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Australian Society of Microbiology
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA)
- National Institute of Forensic Science
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Social Science
T
Telecommunications
Tourism
U
Urban and Regional Planning
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