CPC30920 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Scaffolding. It prepares you for work as a scaffolder. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC30911. Employers posted about 317 scaffolder jobs in June 2026, up 7.1% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on CPC30920 yet. What exists: scaffolders are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 7.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more scaffolder jobs than a year ago. About 317 scaffolder jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 7.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,800 job ads, while 875 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 scaffolders, steel fixers and structural steel erectors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Scaffolder, Steel Fixer and Structural Steel Erector as in national shortage; Construction Rigger as not in shortage.
Scaffolder jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 26,377 workers in May 2025, 26,711 by May 2030 (up 1.3%) and 27,586 by May 2035 (up 4.6%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Scaffolding are steady. Across Australia, 875 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 875, up 0% in a year. National data for CPC30920 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC30920 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 Scaffolding is 14 units: 10 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 14 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 11 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPC30920 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 8217) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 15 September 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.