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AHC30522 Certificate III in Poultry Production

AHC30522 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Poultry Production. It prepares you for work as a poultry farm worker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced AHC30516. 160 people enrolled in 2025, down 28.9% on the year before.

Often searched as Cert 3 in Poultry Production · Register data synced 19 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Long-term outlook
Weak
Zero structural signals up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
Replaced AHC30516 in 2023
Enrolments
Falling
Down 28.9% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Poultry Production are weak right now. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. Weigh both sides.

Jobs and Skills Australia

Is the work there?

Official shortage list

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.

Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity

Who is training

Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Poultry Production than a year ago. Across Australia, 225 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 160, down 28.9% in a year. National data for AHC30522 starts in 2023.

NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework

What does studying it involve?

The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.

How long it takes
A Certificate III is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to AHC30522 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists

What does it cost, and who funds it?

State funding for AHC30522 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.

Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging

What is in the qualification

The register lists 4 core units for the Certificate III in Poultry Production, plus 39 elective options.

  • AHCLSK331Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
  • AHCPLY308Set up sheds for placement of poultry
  • AHCPLY312Implement and monitor biosecurity measures in poultry production
  • AHCWHS302Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
View the 39 elective options
  • AHCAIS304Artificially inseminate livestock
  • AHCBIO301Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest
  • AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicals
  • AHCCHM307Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
  • AHCCHM308Use application equipment to apply fumigant in confined spaces
  • AHCLSK301Administer medication to livestock
  • AHCLSK304Carry out post-mortem examination of livestock
  • AHCLSK307Euthanase livestock
  • AHCLSK309Implement animal health control programs
  • AHCLSK310Implement feeding plans for intensive production
  • AHCLSK313Monitor livestock production growing environments
  • AHCLSK323Maintain and monitor feed stocks
  • AHCLSK328Remove and facilitate reuse of effluent and manure from an intensive production system
  • AHCMOM301Coordinate machinery and equipment maintenance and repair
  • AHCMOM303Operate a telehandler
  • AHCMOM304Operate machinery and equipment
  • AHCMOM305Operate specialised machinery and equipment
  • AHCPLY208Collect and pack eggs for human consumption
  • AHCPLY209Grade and pack eggs for human consumption
  • AHCPLY210Catch and load poultry
  • AHCPLY211Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks
  • AHCPLY303Maintain health and welfare of poultry
  • AHCPLY309Brood poultry
  • AHCPLY310Incubate eggs
  • AHCPLY311Clean and disinfect poultry production sheds
  • AHCPMG308Implement pest management strategies
  • AHCPMG409Implement a pest management plan
  • AHCPMG412Develop a pest management plan
  • AHCWRK318Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
  • AHCWRK320Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
  • AHCWRK321Provide on-job training support
  • BSBLDR411Demonstrate leadership in the workplace
  • BSBWHS411Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs
  • BSBWHS431Develop processes and procedures for controlling hazardous chemicals in the workplace
  • BSBXCM301Engage in workplace communication
  • FBPEGG2004Operate egg grading and packing floor equipment
  • FBPFSY2002Apply food safety procedures
  • FBPFSY3002Participate in a HACCP team
  • TAEDEL311Provide work skill instruction
training.gov.au national register, AHC30522 release 1
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AHCSS00075 · skill set guide
Production Horticulture Technology Skill Set
AHCSS00193 · skill set guide
Farm Business Management Skill Set
AHCSS00030 · skill set guide
Introduction to Permaculture Skill Set
AHCSS00133 · skill set guide
Irrigation Systems Auditor Skill Set
AHCSS00165 · skill set guide
Where to study

Where can I study AHC30522?

No Get Course partner currently lists this qualification. Check the national register for organisations approved to deliver it, and remember that approval to deliver is a regulatory fact, not a recommendation. You can browse live courses from our partners and enquire today.

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How we calculate these figures

Get Course maps AHC30522 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.

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