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AHC31522 Certificate III in On Country Management
AHC31522 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind park ranger work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced AHC31516. About 439 park ranger jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 8.2% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 3 in On Country Management · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
439last month
Park ranger roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
Two structural signals up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced AHC31516 in 2023
Enrolments
Falling
Down 15.2% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Certificate III in On Country Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Park rangers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.2% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer park ranger jobs than a year ago. About 439 park ranger jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 8.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 5,400 job ads, while 140 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 2343
Combined monthly online job ads across Park Ranger, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates environmental research scientists as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Environmental Research Scientist as in national shortage; Conservation Officer, Environmental Consultant, Park Ranger and Environmental Scientists nec as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Park ranger jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 31,524 workers in May 2025, 34,328 by May 2030 (up 8.9%) and 36,769 by May 2035 (up 16.6%).
31,524
workers, May 2025
34,328
workers, May 2030
36,769
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
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 On Country Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 165 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 140, down 15.2% in a year. National data for AHC31522 starts in 2023.
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2021
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2022
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2023
165
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140
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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 AHC31522 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 AHC31522 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 Certificate III in On Country Management is 12 units: 3 core, plus 9 electives chosen from 72 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 12 of them, marked below.
AHCOCM303Follow Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols
AHCWHS302Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
AHCWRK320Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
View the 72 elective options
ACMARM301Support veterinary activities in remote communities
ACMARM409Plan and monitor remote community animal management activities
ACMARM410Develop and implement animal management initiatives
ACMBEH301Identify behaviours and interact safely with animals
ACMGEN309Provide basic animal first aid
ACMINF304Promote environmental health and safety for companion animals in remote communities
AHCCFP301Identify the effects of climate change as a factor in land management
AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicals
AHCCHM307Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
AHCCSW302Relate Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander culture to sites work (has prerequisites)
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Get Course maps AHC31522 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2343) 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; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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