ACM40818 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Farriery. It prepares you for work as a farrier. It has been the current version on the national register since 2018, when it replaced ACM30517. Employers posted about 10 farrier jobs in June 2026, up 29.2% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on ACM40818 yet. What exists: farriers are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 29.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more farrier jobs than a year ago. About 10 farrier jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 29.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 100 job ads, while 160 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 farriers and metal casting trades workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Farrier and Metal Casting Trades Worker as in national shortage; Blacksmith, Electroplater and Metal Polisher as not in shortage.
Farrier jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 2,290 workers in May 2025, 2,306 by May 2030 (up 0.7%) and 2,401 by May 2035 (up 4.8%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Farriery are steady. Across Australia, 155 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 160, up 3.2% in a year. National data for ACM40818 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for ACM40818 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 Farriery is 21 units, all core.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps ACM40818 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3221) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.