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.
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.
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.
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.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
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.
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Browse coursesGet 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 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.