11229NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate IV in Leadership and Innovation Dementia Services. It prepares you for work as an aged or disabled carer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10719NAT. Employers posted about 3,444 aged or disabled carer jobs in June 2026, down 0.9% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Leadership and Innovation Dementia Services line up. Aged or disabled carers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for aged or disabled carers are holding steady. About 3,444 aged or disabled carer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 0.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 42,300 job ads, while 10 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 aged or disabled carers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aged or Disabled Carer as in national shortage.
Aged or disabled carer jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 370,154 workers in May 2025, 409,927 by May 2030 (up 10.7%) and 437,240 by May 2035 (up 18.1%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Leadership and Innovation Dementia Services are steady. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, up 0% in a year. National data for 11229NAT starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11229NAT 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 11229NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4231) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.