Careers and Graduate Profiles

Kim Atherley

Kim is keen to pursue her research with a Ph.D but is now equally qualified to pursue a career in teaching, regional or urban planning and development, environmental research or geopolitics.

“A geography degree is flexible because it is broad-based,” explains Kim.

Russell Beazley

“Employers now specifically ask for Natural Resource Management graduates in their job advertisements. That was the reason I chose to study at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.”

Delphine Bentley - Property & Environmental Planner, The North Australian Pastoral Company Pty Ltd

"The degree has helped me in my current career by making me enthused and challenged by learning. Most valuable is what I learnt about applying research to everyday situations and problems."

Yumi Bonnardeaux - Research Assistant, Kings Park & Botanical Gardens

“Being able to link in with the research laboratories at Kings Park has been a real bonus during my degree,” explains Yumi. “I have gained valuable skills in designing experiments and managing research projects.”

Ray Challen - Director, Allen Consulting Group

"My background in both science and economics has been invaluable in my career, providing an immense benefit in being able to apply economic analysis to practical situations and engage in constructive dialogue with professionals from other disciplines, such as engineering, that are involved in reform and regulation of utility businesses and energy markets."

Kim DuPuy - Petroleum Geologist, Woodside Petroleum

Although I am based in Perth, I have travelled overseas several times for training to countries including Malaysia and New Zealand. My current position does not require me to go “on site”. However when the opportunity arises I will be more than happy to go to a drilling rig for a couple of weeks to learn about that aspect of the exploration process.

Karen Edward - Environmental Scientist, Perth Museum

The laboratory work and field trips were a highlight of the degree along with the personal relationships she made with fellow students and friendly staff.  “The lab and field work gave me a technical understanding of how the natural world works and allowed me to put into practice the theory I learnt through lectures.”

Rina Mattison

Rina is off to East Timor to become involved in a large environmental aid project to determine the agricultural potential of the country’s soils.  “We will be involved in mapping the geology and assessing the soils of a large valley region that has the potential to be highly productive for the East Timor people,” Rina says.

Kate Moran - Exploration Geologist

“I have really valued the hands-on approach offered throughout the degree,” Kate says.  “During the four years, we had field trips at Ningham Station, Hopetoun, Bremer Bay Rottnest, north of Carnarvon and around the Kalgoorlie area.”

Theresa Murphy - Community Education Coordinator Waste Wise, Department of Environment

"I have always wanted to have a career where I feel that I am making a difference to help the environment. Initially I thought that Environmental Science would be the natural choice for me, however I found out about the BSc in Natural Resource Management whilst talking to Faculty representatives at a UWA open day and decided to choose that instead."

Glen Samsa - Projects Officer, Great Southern Plantations

"The diverse range of subjects studied in my degree afforded me the time management skills that I use on a daily basis in my current occupation as a Projects Officer with one of Australia’s leading plantation timber companies."

Natasha Teakle - Biotechnologist, State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre

"The amazing thing about the agricultural science degree is how broad it is – in my position I am involved in a very fundamental science area – molecular biology - but I have friends who went through the same degree now working in agronomy, journalism, agricultural economics and marketing."

Nina Wells

“I would recommend a degree in Earth Science to anyone who loves the outdoors, has an interest in the natural world and doesn’t want to work in an office!” says Nina.