10993NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate IV in Dementia Practice. It prepares you for work as a personal care assistant. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. About 1,749 personal care assistant jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 21.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Dementia Practice are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 21.3% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more personal care assistant jobs than a year ago. About 1,749 personal care assistant jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 21.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 20,300 job ads, while 425 people were training in the course nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates hospital orderlys, nursing support workers, personal care assistants and therapy aides as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Hospital Orderly, Nursing Support Worker, Personal Care Assistant and Therapy Aide as not in shortage.
Personal care assistant jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 115,049 workers in May 2025, 130,925 by May 2030 (up 13.8%) and 143,439 by May 2035 (up 24.7%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Dementia Practice are growing. Across Australia, 330 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 425, up 28.8% in a year. National data for 10993NAT starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 10993NAT is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps 10993NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4233) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.