AUR40720 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind panelbeater work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced AUR40718. About 216 panelbeater jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 17.7% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Automotive Body Repair Technology are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Panelbeaters are in national shortage and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 17.7% on a year earlier and employment is projected to shrink. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer panelbeater jobs than a year ago. About 216 panelbeater jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 17.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,600 job ads, while 25 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 panelbeaters as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Panelbeater as in national shortage.
Panelbeater jobs are projected to shrink. Weigh that before any marketing claim. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 11,043 workers in May 2025, 10,706 by May 2030 (down 3.1%) and 11,044 by May 2035 (up 0%).
More people are choosing the Certificate IV in Automotive Body Repair Technology every year. Across Australia, 15 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 25, up 66.7% in a year. National data for AUR40720 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AUR40720 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 IV in Automotive Body Repair Technology is 10 units: 6 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 20 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AUR40720 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3241) 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.