11236NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate III in Christian Ministry and Theology. It prepares you for work as a minister of religion. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10741NAT. Employers posted about 59 minister of religion jobs in June 2026, up 2.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Christian Ministry and Theology 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 minister of religions are holding steady. About 59 minister of religion jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 2.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 800 job ads, while 1,645 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 minister of religions as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Minister of Religion as not in shortage.
Minister of religion jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 19,451 workers in May 2025, 21,262 by May 2030 (up 9.3%) and 23,077 by May 2035 (up 18.6%).
Certificate III in Christian Ministry and Theology graduates find work less often than is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 60.9% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 programs at the same level. 93.4% were satisfied with the training, against 90.6% typical.
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Christian Ministry and Theology are growing. Across Australia, 1,280 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,645, up 28.5% in a year. National data for 11236NAT starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11236NAT 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 11236NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2722) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IIIs in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.