AUR32320 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Automotive and Marine Trimming Technology. It prepares you for work as a vehicle trimmer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced AUR32316. Employers posted about 25 vehicle trimmer jobs in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Automotive and Marine Trimming Technology are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Vehicle trimmers are in national shortage. Job ads in June 2026 were down 24.5% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer vehicle trimmer jobs than a year ago. About 25 vehicle trimmer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 300 job ads, while 85 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 vehicle body builders and vehicle trimmers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Vehicle Body Builder and Vehicle Trimmer as in national shortage.
Vehicle trimmer jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 6,337 workers in May 2025, 6,249 by May 2030 (down 1.4%) and 6,498 by May 2035 (up 2.5%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Automotive and Marine Trimming Technology than a year ago. Across Australia, 90 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 85, down 5.6% in a year. National data for AUR32320 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AUR32320 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 Automotive and Marine Trimming Technology is 30 units: 12 core, plus 18 electives chosen from 41 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AUR32320 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3242) 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 14 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.