52899WA is the nationally accredited Course in Electrical Trade Licensing Gap Training. It prepares you for work as an electrician (general). It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. About 3,131 electrician (general) jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Course in Electrical Trade Licensing Gap Training line up. Electrician (general)s are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 15.4% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more electrician (general) jobs than a year ago. About 3,131 electrician (general) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 35,800 job ads, while 105 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 electrician (general)s and electrician (special class)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electrician (General) and Electrician (Special Class) as in national shortage; Lift Mechanic as not in shortage.
Electrician (general) jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 194,917 workers in May 2025, 207,935 by May 2030 (up 6.7%) and 218,278 by May 2035 (up 12%).
More people are choosing the Course in Electrical Trade Licensing Gap Training every year. Across Australia, 65 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 105, up 61.5% in a year. National data for 52899WA starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 52899WA 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 52899WA to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3411) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.