group of students and staff at a Find Your Fit event in a gymnasium

Find Your Fit Tour

The Find Your Fit tour is a fun, interactive event that helps students discover and explore a range of high-opportunity occupations in B.C. From nursing to software engineering to early childhood education, students get hands-on experience at up to 17 different career stations. 

About the Find Your Fit tour

The WorkBC Find Your Fit tour is visiting communities all across British Columbia! The tour helps students in grades 5 - 10 discover a range of high-opportunity occupations in B.C. through fun, interactive activities. Watch the Find Your Fit tour video for a sneak peek at this exciting event!

A typical Find Your Fit tour event

Students will first visit career activity stations where they can take part in a hands-on activity related to a specific career. These activities will help students uncover their strengths and interests, giving them the knowledge they need to get started with their career planning. They’ll then move on to a labour market information station, where they can dig deeper into a career of their choice.

Career activity stations

Career activity stations are available for careers across a variety of sectors, as well as two career zone activity stations that feature careers in technology and health. Career activity stations are available for:

  • Air Pilot, Flight Engineer and Flying Instructors
  • Automotive Service Technician
  • Community and Social Worker
  • Dietitian
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Electrician and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Health Zone:
    • General Practitioner and Family Doctor
    • Registered Nurse and Nurse's Aide
    • Medical Sonographer
    • Occupational Therapist
    • Psychiatrist
  • Millwright and Heavy Equipment Mechanic
  • Physiotherapist
  • Tech Zone:
    • Software Engineers and Designers
    • Web Designers and Developers
    • Design - 2D and 3D
    • Coding
    • Systems

Labour market information stations

Once students have completed the career activity stations, they can look through the Labour Market Information stations which are set up for the following occupations:

  • Cooks/Chefs
  • Property Administrators
  • Professional Occupations in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
  • HR Professionals
  • Purchasing Agents and Officers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Plumbers

Find Your Fit Tour Presenters are there to guide students through the WorkBC career planning and labour market information. 

Students can learn about the careers featured at the labour market information stations or they can research more about a career they’re already interested in and discover the following:

  • Career overview
  • Duties
  • Number of job openings over the next 10 years
  • Average annual earnings
  • Required education, training and skills
  • Post-secondary institutes offering specific career training
  • Labour market statistics
  • Industry highlights
  • Other related resources

Students will learn about tools like the WorkBC career profiles, Career Trek videos, career discovery quizzes and more. They’ll also find out how to navigate WorkBC.ca to find the career information they need.

Find Your Fit tour testimonials

Students, teachers and parents who attended a Find Your Fit event have found the tour to be extremely useful. See what they have to say!

"There is so much knowledge the kids can gain on all these careers which they would likely not get anywhere else. To be able to get a hands-on interactive experience on the most demanded careers is the best thing about the Find Your Fit tour. "
- Dave Cadman, Teacher, Carson Graham Secondary, North Vancouver

“Our school and community are extremely appreciative that Find Your Fit was able to attend our event today. Being a remote community, we often feel overlooked and forgotten, but we do our best to make sure our students get all of the experiences they need to be successful. We are already looking forward to your return.”
– Kathleen McArthur, Career Counsellor, School District 85

“This has been the most rewarding, practical careers day we have had. The hands-on experience is what every student should experience. The team was amazing, knowledgeable, friendly and so supportive. This is such a great program, which I highly recommend. Thank you for including us in your tour. I could not encourage this more. Thank you!” 
– Andria Conroy, Teacher, Shawnigan Lake School, Shawnigan Lake

"We don´t have a computer at home but I really enjoyed coding. It was definitely my favourite activity here. I always wanted to become a chef but now I could also see myself studying software engineering.”
- Student, Grade 8, Xet̓ólacw Community School, Mount Currie

“I’m definitely interested in ECE. I actually took a Continuing Ed class over the summer and got my ECEA certificate already. Thanks for showing me that there are actual jobs in this field.”
- Student, Grade 12, Journey Middle School, Sooke

 “I would like to have this more available for us to show our sons and daughters about all the careers available. It is difficult for us parents to try to think what they would like to be when they grow up, so this is great!”
– Parent, Spencer Middle School, Langford

“All these career profiles on WorkBC's website are an excellent chance to learn about new occupations. It can help start the conversation about careers early on. Even my youngest will understand!”
– Parent, Carson Graham Secondary, North Vancouver