52892WA is the nationally accredited Advanced Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation (E & I) Engineering in Mining. It prepares you for work as an electrical engineering technician. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced 52727WA. Employers posted about 190 electrical engineering technician jobs in June 2026, down 0.3% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation (E & I) Engineering in Mining line up. Electrical engineering technicians are in shortage in parts of the country, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for electrical engineering technicians are holding steady. About 190 electrical engineering technician jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 0.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,300 job ads, while 120 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 electrical engineering technicians as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electrical Engineering Technician as in shortage in metropolitan areas; Electrical Engineering Draftsperson as not in shortage.
Electrical engineering technician jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,070 workers in May 2025, 10,639 by May 2030 (up 5.7%) and 11,268 by May 2035 (up 11.9%).
Enrolments in the Advanced Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation (E & I) Engineering in Mining are growing. Across Australia, 105 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 120, up 14.3% in a year. National data for 52892WA starts in 2022.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps 52892WA to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3123) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.