CPC20720 is the nationally recognised Certificate II behind drainage, sewerage and stormwater labourer work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC20712. About 867 drainage, sewerage and stormwater labourer jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 6.3% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on CPC20720 yet. What exists: enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 6.3% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more drainage, sewerage and stormwater labourer jobs than a year ago. About 867 drainage, sewerage and stormwater labourer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 6.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 10,500 job ads, while 410 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Drainage, sewerage and stormwater labourer jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 73,043 workers in May 2025, 75,226 by May 2030 (up 3%) and 77,695 by May 2035 (up 6.4%).
Enrolments in the Certificate II in Drainage are growing. Across Australia, 385 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 410, up 6.5% in a year. National data for CPC20720 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC20720 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 II in Drainage is 18 units: 13 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 13 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 18 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPC20720 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 8211) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.