AVI30319 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Aviation (Ground Operations and Service). It prepares you for work as an aircraft baggage handler and airline ground crew. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced AVI30416. Employers posted about 336 aircraft baggage handler and airline ground crew jobs in June 2026, up 10.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Aviation (Ground Operations and Service) are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Aircraft baggage handler and airline ground crews are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 10.1% on a year earlier. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more aircraft baggage handler and airline ground crew jobs than a year ago. About 336 aircraft baggage handler and airline ground crew jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 10.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,900 job ads, while 150 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 linemarkers, railway track plant operators and road roller operators as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Linemarker, Railway Track Plant Operator and Road Roller Operator as in national shortage; Aircraft Baggage Handler and Airline Ground Crew, Paving Plant Operator, Streetsweeper Operator and Mobile Plant Operators nec as not in shortage.
Aircraft baggage handler and airline ground crew jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 13,762 workers in May 2025, 13,682 by May 2030 (down 0.6%) and 14,274 by May 2035 (up 3.7%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Aviation (Ground Operations and Service) than a year ago. Across Australia, 180 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 150, down 16.7% in a year. National data for AVI30319 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AVI30319 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 Aviation (Ground Operations and Service) is 20 units: 11 core, plus 9 electives chosen from 47 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AVI30319 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 7219) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.