CHC30221 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in School Based Education Support. It prepares you for work as a teachers' aide. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced CHC30213. Employers posted about 1,592 teachers' aide jobs in June 2026, down 4.2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in School Based Education Support are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for teachers' aides are holding steady. About 1,592 teachers' aide jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 4.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 21,900 job ads, while 17,865 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 aboriginal and torres strait islander education workers, integration aides, preschool aides and teachers' aides as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Worker, Integration Aide, Preschool Aide and Teachers' Aide as not in shortage.
Teachers' aide jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 134,653 workers in May 2025, 141,413 by May 2030 (up 5%) and 147,658 by May 2035 (up 9.7%).
Certificate III in School Based Education Support graduates do worse than is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 85.8% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 qualifications. Median income after training was $49,300, against $54,000 typical. 90.2% were satisfied with the training, against 90.6% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in School Based Education Support than a year ago. Across Australia, 19,475 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 17,865, down 8.3% in a year. National data for CHC30221 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CHC30221 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 School Based Education Support is 15 units: 10 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 15 options on the register.
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Get Course maps CHC30221 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4221) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IIIs in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; 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; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.