CPC30820 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind roof tiler work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC30812. About 114 roof tiler jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 31.5% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Roof Tiling are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Roof tilers are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 31.5% on a year earlier. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more roof tiler jobs than a year ago. About 114 roof tiler jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 31.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,200 job ads, while 415 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 roof tilers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Roof Tiler as in national shortage.
Roof tiler jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,272 workers in May 2025, 10,382 by May 2030 (up 1.1%) and 10,723 by May 2035 (up 4.4%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Roof Tiling than a year ago. Across Australia, 530 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 415, down 21.7% in a year. National data for CPC30820 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC30820 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 Roof Tiling is 17 units: 14 core, plus 3 electives chosen from 9 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 14 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPC30820 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3333) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 15 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.