AHC31824 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Beekeeping. It prepares you for work as an apiarist. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced AHC31818. Employers posted about 59 apiarist jobs in June 2026, down 7.4% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Beekeeping are weak right now. Job ads in June 2026 were down 7.4% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. Weigh both sides.
Employers are posting fewer apiarist jobs than a year ago. About 59 apiarist jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 7.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 700 job ads, while 125 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates apiarists, beef cattle farmers, dairy cattle farmers, deer farmers, goat farmers, horse breeders, pig farmers, poultry farmers, sheep farmers, mixed cattle and sheep farmers and livestock farmers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Apiarist, Beef Cattle Farmer, Dairy Cattle Farmer, Deer Farmer, Goat Farmer, Horse Breeder, Pig Farmer, Poultry Farmer, Sheep Farmer, Mixed Cattle and Sheep Farmer and Livestock Farmers nec as not in shortage.
Apiarist jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 78,871 workers in May 2025, 76,578 by May 2030 (down 2.9%) and 79,825 by May 2035 (up 1.2%).
National enrolment data for AHC31824 starts in 2025: 125 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC31824 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.
The Certificate III in Beekeeping is 18 units: 13 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 24 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AHC31824 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1213) 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 10 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.