How can you tell they’ve got it: Jobs People Do?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Name at least five different jobs and describe what each person does; Explain that people get paid money for the work they do; Connect a personal interest to a job (e.g. 'I like animals so I could be a vet'). Or just try it together: Could your child tell you about different jobs people do in your community and explain that people get paid for their work?

Life Skills Money & Finance Ages 5–7

Jobs People Do

Your child can name jobs people do and say what each one is for. They know people are paid for their work, and can link a job to what they like.

In curriculum terms

Different kinds of work people do; that people earn money by working; how jobs help the community; linking personal interests to possible jobs

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Name at least five different jobs and describe what each person does
Explain that people get paid money for the work they do
Connect a personal interest to a job (e.g. 'I like animals so I could be a vet')

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Try this together

Could your child tell you about different jobs people do in your community and explain that people get paid for their work?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

What Money Isages 5–7Understanding money as exchange helps connect jobs to earning

Jobs People Dothis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

Earning Moneyages 7–9Must know about different jobs before exploring how earning works in depth

How the Economy Worksages 9–11Must know about jobs/work before understanding producers and consumers in an economy

AI and the Future of Workages 9–11Cross-domain: understanding jobs people do (Money & Finance, 5-7) provides foundation for AI's impact on work

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 NSW

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

HS1-GEO-01low confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 1

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Buying Thingsages 5–7 Coins & Notesages 5–7 Looking After Moneyages 5–7 Needs & Wantsages 5–7

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