11253NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate III in Therapeutic Equine Programs for People with Disabilities. It prepares you for work as a horse riding coach or instructor. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced 10776NAT. About 891 horse riding coach or instructor jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 7.1% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Therapeutic Equine Programs for People with Disabilities are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Horse riding coach or instructors are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 7.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer horse riding coach or instructor jobs than a year ago. About 891 horse riding coach or instructor jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 7.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 11,600 job ads, while 75 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 gymnastics coach or instructors and swimming coach or instructors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Gymnastics Coach or Instructor and Swimming Coach or Instructor as in national shortage; Diving Instructor (Open Water), Horse Riding Coach or Instructor, Snowsport Instructor, Tennis Coach, Other Sports Coach or Instructor, Dog and Horse Racing Official, Sports Development Officer, Sports Umpire and Other Sports Official as not in shortage.
Horse riding coach or instructor jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 58,786 workers in May 2025, 62,230 by May 2030 (up 5.9%) and 65,907 by May 2035 (up 12.1%).
More people are choosing the Certificate III in Therapeutic Equine Programs for People with Disabilities every year. Across Australia, 40 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 75, up 87.5% in a year. National data for 11253NAT starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11253NAT 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 11253NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4523) 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: 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 training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.