CPC31020 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Solid Plastering. It prepares you for work as a renderer (solid plaster). It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC31011. Employers posted about 76 renderer (solid plaster) jobs in June 2026, up 18.8% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Solid Plastering line up. Renderer (solid plaster)s are in national shortage, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 18.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more renderer (solid plaster) jobs than a year ago. About 76 renderer (solid plaster) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 18.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 800 job ads, while 1,490 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 plasterer (wall and ceiling)s and renderer (solid plaster)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Plasterer (Wall and Ceiling) and Renderer (Solid Plaster) as in national shortage.
Renderer (solid plaster) jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 31,431 workers in May 2025, 32,169 by May 2030 (up 2.3%) and 33,232 by May 2035 (up 5.7%).
More people are choosing the Certificate III in Solid Plastering every year. Across Australia, 530 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,490, up 181.1% in a year. National data for CPC31020 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC31020 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 Solid Plastering is 20 units: 15 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 12 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 18 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPC31020 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3332) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.