AHC40122 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind senior broadacre crop and livestock farm worker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced AHC41616 and AHC40116. 720 people enrolled in 2025, up 71.4% on the year before.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Agriculture are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Australia's official shortage list rates aquaculture supervisors, fishing leading hands, forestry operations supervisors, horticultural supervisor or specialists, senior broadacre crop and livestock farm workers, senior broadacre crop farm workers, vineyard supervisors and senior aquaculture, crop and forestry workers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aquaculture Supervisor, Fishing Leading Hand, Forestry Operations Supervisor, Horticultural Supervisor or Specialist, Senior Broadacre Crop and Livestock Farm Worker, Senior Broadacre Crop Farm Worker, Vineyard Supervisor and Senior Aquaculture, Crop and Forestry Workers nec as not in shortage.
More people are choosing the Certificate IV in Agriculture every year. Across Australia, 420 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 720, up 71.4% in a year. National data for AHC40122 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC40122 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 register lists 2 core units for the Certificate IV in Agriculture, plus 113 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Three of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AHC40122 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3631) 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 12 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.