CHC30125 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind child care worker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced CHC30121. About 2,954 child care worker jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 14.2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Child care workers are in national shortage. Job ads in June 2026 were down 14.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer child care worker jobs than a year ago. About 2,954 child care worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 14.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 40,900 job ads, while 10 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 child care workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Child Care Worker as in national shortage; Out of School Hours Care Worker as in shortage in regional areas; Family Day Care Worker and Nanny as not in shortage.
Child care worker jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 172,417 workers in May 2025, 174,121 by May 2030 (up 1%) and 180,230 by May 2035 (up 4.5%).
National enrolment data for CHC30125 starts in 2025: 10 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CHC30125 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 Early Childhood Education and Care is 17 units: 15 core, plus 2 electives chosen from 8 options on the register.
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Get Course maps CHC30125 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4211) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register training.gov.au, synced 10 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.