ACM20221 is the nationally recognised Certificate II in Horse Care. It prepares you for work as a stablehand. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced ACM20217. 110 people enrolled in 2025, up 22.2% on the year before.
The signals behind the Certificate II in Horse Care are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Australia's official shortage list rates beef cattle farm workers, cattle and sheep farm workers, dairy cattle farm workers, livestock husbandry workers, piggery farm workers, poultry farm workers and sheep farm workers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Beef Cattle Farm Worker, Cattle and Sheep Farm Worker, Dairy Cattle Farm Worker, Livestock Husbandry Worker, Piggery Farm Worker, Poultry Farm Worker and Sheep Farm Worker as not in shortage.
Enrolments in the Certificate II in Horse Care are growing. Across Australia, 90 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 110, up 22.2% in a year. National data for ACM20221 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for ACM20221 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.
The Certificate II in Horse Care is 13 units: 5 core, plus 8 electives chosen from 28 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 14 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps ACM20221 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 8423) 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; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.