22626VIC is the nationally accredited Certificate IV in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management. It prepares you for work as an archaeologist. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 22452VIC. Employers posted about 300 archaeologist jobs in June 2026, down 11.6% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 11.6% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer archaeologist jobs than a year ago. About 300 archaeologist jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 11.6% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,800 job ads, while 15 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 historians, interpreters, translators, archaeologists and social professionals necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Historian, Interpreter, Translator, Archaeologist and Social Professionals nec as not in shortage.
Archaeologist jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 15,797 workers in May 2025, 17,632 by May 2030 (up 11.6%) and 19,152 by May 2035 (up 21.2%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 20 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 15, down 25% in a year. National data for 22626VIC starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 22626VIC 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 22626VIC to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2724) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.