11212NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education. It prepares you for work as an aboriginal and torres strait islander education worker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10751NAT. Employers posted about 1,592 aboriginal and torres strait islander education worker jobs in June 2026, down 4.2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for aboriginal and torres strait islander education workers are holding steady. About 1,592 aboriginal and torres strait islander education worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 4.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 21,900 job ads, while 80 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 aboriginal and torres strait islander education workers, integration aides, preschool aides and teachers' aides as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Worker, Integration Aide, Preschool Aide and Teachers' Aide as not in shortage.
Aboriginal and torres strait islander education worker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 134,653 workers in May 2025, 141,413 by May 2030 (up 5%) and 147,658 by May 2035 (up 9.7%).
More people are choosing the Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education every year. Across Australia, 45 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 80, up 77.8% in a year. National data for 11212NAT starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11212NAT 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 11212NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4221) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.