11247NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate III in Marine Habitat Conservation and Restoration. It prepares you for work as a park ranger. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10750NAT. Employers posted about 439 park ranger jobs in June 2026, down 8.2% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Marine Habitat Conservation and Restoration are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Park rangers are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer park ranger jobs than a year ago. About 439 park ranger 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 115 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 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.
Park ranger 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%).
More people are choosing the Certificate III in Marine Habitat Conservation and Restoration every year. Across Australia, 65 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 115, up 76.9% in a year. National data for 11247NAT starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11247NAT 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 11247NAT 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: 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.