AMP31016 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind butcher or smallgoods maker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2016, when it replaced MTM31011. About 127 butcher or smallgoods maker jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 13.2% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Meat Processing (Smallgoods - Manufacture) are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Butcher or smallgoods makers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 13.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer butcher or smallgoods maker jobs than a year ago. About 127 butcher or smallgoods maker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 13.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,700 job ads, while 50 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 butcher or smallgoods makers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Butcher or Smallgoods Maker as in national shortage.
Butcher or smallgoods maker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 14,529 workers in May 2025, 15,182 by May 2030 (up 4.5%) and 15,912 by May 2035 (up 9.5%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Meat Processing (Smallgoods - Manufacture) are steady. Across Australia, 50 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 50, up 0% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AMP31016 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 Meat Processing (Smallgoods - Manufacture) is 26 units: 5 core, plus 21 electives chosen from 64 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Six of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AMP31016 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3512) 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: 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 training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.