AHC31324 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind sports turf trades workerr work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced AHC31319. About 202 sports turf trades workerr jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 3.1% on a year earlier.
Only limited independent signals are available for this qualification yet. Specifically: its main occupation is rated in national shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about any individual's result.
Employer demand for these roles is holding steady. Across Sports Turf Trades Workerr, about 202 jobs were advertised online in June 2026 (up 3.1% on a year earlier). Roughly 2,716 openings were advertised over the last 12 months, while 5 people enrolled in the qualification nationally in 2024. Enrolment counts people in training, not completions, so the two figures describe the pipeline and the market, not a job guarantee.
At least one occupation this qualification leads to is officially rated as in national shortage. In the 2025 Occupation Shortage List assessment, Sports Turf Manager is rated in national shortage; Sports Turf Trades Worker is rated not in shortage.
Employment in these occupations is projected to stay about flat. Government projections put them at 13,200 workers in May 2025, 13,500 by May 2030 (up 1.9%) and 14,100 by May 2035 (up 6.3%).
National enrolment data for this qualification begins in 2024: 5 people enrolled that year. There is not yet a second year to compare against.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC31324 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 AHC31324 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3623) 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; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.