ACM40418 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. It prepares you for work as a veterinary nurse. It has been the current version on the national register since 2018, when it replaced ACM40412. Employers posted about 124 veterinary nurse jobs in June 2026, up 1.9% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing line up. Veterinary nurses are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for veterinary nurses are holding steady. About 124 veterinary nurse jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 1.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,700 job ads, while 5,590 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates veterinary nurses as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Veterinary Nurse as in national shortage.
Veterinary nurse jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 17,525 workers in May 2025, 18,564 by May 2030 (up 5.9%) and 19,576 by May 2035 (up 11.7%).
Results for Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing graduates are mixed against other Certificate IVs. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 94.8% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate IV result is 89.9%, across 71 qualifications. Median income after training was $50,600, against $63,400 typical. 85.2% 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 Veterinary Nursing are steady. Across Australia, 5,465 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 5,590, up 2.3% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for ACM40418 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 IV in Veterinary Nursing is 21 units: 17 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 27 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Four of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps ACM40418 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3613) 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: 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.