Your next step starts with a better question.

Explore careers, pay, qualifications, study funding, Employment Equity, statistics and practical tools — with the source, method and caveats kept visible.

Real evidencefor real choices.

Main view Start with an occupation, then follow the evidence to pay, entry routes, funding and next steps. Employment Equity: where do I stand? →

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You don’t need the official title. Start with the words you’d normally use.

From question to next step

One question.
A clearer path.

Follow the evidence from an occupation to qualification to funding — and see how it fits your life. Sources, methods and important caveats stay in view.

How PathLens works

01OccupationSee the work, pay and labour-market evidence. 02QualificationExplore recognised study and trade routes. 03FundingFind public study-funding routes that may apply.

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A broader view

For wherever you are on your journey.

Whether you’re finishing school, changing direction, returning to work or rebuilding in a new country, PathLens helps you explore your options with evidence you can check.

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Choose your starting point

There’s more than one way into a pathway.

Start with what you know today. PathLens connects the next useful pieces of evidence as you go.

AvailableI know the job I wantExplore the work, pay and demand evidence for an occupation. AvailableI have a qualificationSearch its current links to occupations and entry routes. AvailableI’m choosing what to studyConnect an occupation with qualifications and next steps. Available · limitedI want to change careersCompare occupations using the evidence available today. AvailableI need fundingCheck public funding routes and their source conditions. Available · navigatorI have experience to recogniseFind the formal recognition, trade or professional route. AvailableI’m new to South AfricaCheck local occupation matches and official qualification steps. Available · limitedI’m returning to workRevisit your occupation, requirements and possible next routes.

For schools, employers, practitioners and researchers

PlannedSchools, learners and familiesSubject choices, post-school options, applications, funding and readiness.

PlannedEducators and career practitionersA guided workspace for helping people compare pathways and requirements.

PlannedEmployers and workforce teamsRole families, redeployment, internal mobility and retraining routes.

PlannedRehabilitation professionalsExplainable occupational-demand and return-to-work evidence, with human review.

PlannedProviders and accreditation teamsFind where a qualification can be delivered and verify provider status.

PlannedResearchers and public institutionsUnderstand regional workforce, training-access and pathway gaps.

Planned journeys are shown for transparency; they are not available PathLens services yet. See the evidence and transparency notes.

A guide for your questions

Start with what you need to know.

Is it in demand?

See whether official evidence says the occupation is needed, and where that signal comes from.

What could it pay?

See salary evidence, past changes and gross-to-net estimates where reliable data exists.

Where can I study?

See the recognised qualification or trade route, then public study-funding options.

What do I do next?

Go straight to the official services for study, funding, employment and qualifications.

No hype.If the data is weak, we say so.

No fake job counts.Only observed public evidence.

No mystery salaries.Source and date stay attached.

Build a pathwayOccupation → qualification → funding → costs → industry → RPL → alternatives → Start from a qualificationSee current occupation relationships → Browse jobsSee the full occupation list → Explore paySee salary evidence → How do we know?See where the figures come from → EE scenario builderModel employer workforce context →

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