11035NAT is the nationally accredited Course in Specialist Body Piercing. It prepares you for work as a body artist. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced 10616NAT. 85 people enrolled in 2025, down 10.5% on the year before.
The signals behind the Course in Specialist Body Piercing are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Australia's official shortage list rates civil celebrants, body artists, first aid trainers, religious assistants and personal service workers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Civil Celebrant, Body Artist, First Aid Trainer, Religious Assistant and Personal Service Workers nec as not in shortage.
Body artist jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 21,044 workers in May 2025, 22,071 by May 2030 (up 4.9%) and 23,456 by May 2035 (up 11.5%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Course in Specialist Body Piercing than a year ago. Across Australia, 95 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 85, down 10.5% in a year. National data for 11035NAT starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11035NAT 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 11035NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4518) 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: 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.