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. 325 people enrolled in 2024, up 140.7% on the year before.
The signals behind this qualification are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Specifically: national enrolments are rising and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about any individual's result.
None of the occupations this qualification leads to is rated as in shortage on the official list. In the 2025 Occupation Shortage List assessment, 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 are rated not in shortage.
More people are choosing this qualification each year. National enrolments rose from 135 in 2023, the first year it appears in national data, to 325 in 2024 (up 140.7%).
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.
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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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all qualifications at the same level 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: register training.gov.au, synced 20 August 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.