AHC30422 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind piggery farm worker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced AHC30416. 385 people enrolled in 2025, up 18.5% on the year before.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Pork Production 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 III in Pork Production are growing. Across Australia, 325 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 385, up 18.5% in a year. National data for AHC30422 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC30422 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 III in Pork Production is 16 units: 5 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 48 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AHC30422 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: register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.