52895WA is the nationally accredited Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies. It prepares you for work as a nursing support and personal care workers. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced 52831WA. About 1,749 nursing support and personal care workers jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 21.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 21.3% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more nursing support and personal care workers jobs than a year ago. About 1,749 nursing support and personal care workers jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 21.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 20,300 job ads, while 3,255 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 hospital orderlys, nursing support workers, personal care assistants and therapy aides as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Hospital Orderly, Nursing Support Worker, Personal Care Assistant and Therapy Aide as not in shortage.
Nursing support and personal care workers jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 115,049 workers in May 2025, 130,925 by May 2030 (up 13.8%) and 143,439 by May 2035 (up 24.7%).
Results for Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies graduates are mixed against other Certificate IVs. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 90% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate IV result is 89.9%, across 71 programs at the same level. Median income after training was $47,800, against $63,400 typical. 95.4% were satisfied with the training, against 87.8% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies are steady. Across Australia, 3,135 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 3,255, up 3.8% in a year. National data for 52895WA starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 52895WA 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 52895WA to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4233) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IVs in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: 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; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.