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AHC30824 Certificate III in Arboriculture

AHC30824 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind arborist work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced AHC30820. 1,135 people enrolled in 2025, up 740.7% on the year before.

Often searched as Cert 3 in Arboriculture · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced AHC30820 in 2024
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 740.7% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Arboriculture line up. Arborists are in national shortage and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.

Jobs and Skills Australia

Is the work there?

Official shortage list

Australia's official shortage list rates arborists and tree workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Arborist and Tree Worker as in national 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

More people are choosing the Certificate III in Arboriculture every year. Across Australia, 135 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,135, up 740.7% in a year. National data for AHC30824 starts in 2024.

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 AHC30824 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 AHC30824 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 9 core units for the Certificate III in Arboriculture, plus 35 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Five of them, marked below.

  • AHCARB213Perform ground-based rigging
  • AHCARB314Implement a tree maintenance program
  • AHCARB315Inspect trees for access and work
  • AHCARB316Perform pruning operations
  • AHCARB323Identify trees
  • FWPCOT2254Maintain chainsaws
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  • FWPCOT2273Trim and cut felled trees
  • FWPCOT3350Fell trees manually (intermediate)
  • HLTAID011Provide First Aid
View the 35 elective options
  • AHCARB212Operate and maintain stump grinding machines
  • AHCARB317Dismantle trees
  • AHCARB318Undertake aerial rescue (has prerequisites)
  • AHCARB319Use arborist climbing techniques
  • AHCARB320Install tree support systems
  • AHCARB321Implement a tree protection program
  • AHCARB322Access trees for inspection
  • AHCARB324Use cranes to access and dismantle trees (has prerequisites)
  • AHCARB325Manage trees to create and maintain habitat refuges
  • AHCARB406Verify pruning specifications
  • AHCARB407Supervise and audit tree operations
  • AHCARB408Perform a ground-based tree defect evaluation
  • AHCARB409Conduct a safety audit
  • AHCBIO303Apply biosecurity measures
  • AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicals
  • AHCCHM307Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
  • AHCECR202Maintain wildlife habitat refuges
  • AHCFAU202Recognise fauna
  • AHCLPW312Carry out inspection of designated area
  • AHCPMG301Control weeds
  • AHCPMG302Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
  • AHCWRK317Coordinate work site activities
  • CPCCDO3011Perform dogging (has prerequisites)
  • CPCCWHS2001Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
  • FWPCOT3301Trim trees using a pole saw
  • FWPCOT3351Fell trees manually (advanced)
  • FWPHAR2208Operate a mobile chipper/mulcher
  • HLTAID009Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • RIIWHS204EWork safely at heights
  • RIIWHS205EControl traffic with stop-slow bat
  • TLILIC0005Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom length 11 metres or more)
  • UEECD0007Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
  • UETDREL006Work safely in the vicinity of live electrical apparatus as a non-electrical worker
  • UETDRMP004Perform elevated work platform controlled descent escape (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP005Perform elevated work platform rescue (has prerequisites)
training.gov.au national register, AHC30824 release 1
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Farm Business Management Skill Set
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Where to study

Where can I study AHC30824?

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 AHC30824 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3625) 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 15 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.

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