11246NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate II in Marine Habitat Conservation and Restoration. It prepares you for work as a conservation officer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10749NAT. About 439 conservation officer jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 8.2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate II in Marine Habitat Conservation and Restoration are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Conservation officers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.2% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer conservation officer jobs than a year ago. About 439 conservation officer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 8.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 5,400 job ads, while 25 people were training in the course nationally (2024). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates environmental research scientists as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Environmental Research Scientist as in national shortage; Conservation Officer, Environmental Consultant, Park Ranger and Environmental Scientists nec as not in shortage.
Conservation officer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 31,524 workers in May 2025, 34,328 by May 2030 (up 8.9%) and 36,769 by May 2035 (up 16.6%).
Enrolments in the Certificate II in Marine Habitat Conservation and Restoration are dropping fast. Across Australia, 25 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 0, down 100% in a year. National data for 11246NAT starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11246NAT 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 11246NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2343) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.