CPC31320 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind wall and floor tiler work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC31311. About 89 wall and floor tiler jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 12.1% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Wall and floor tilers are in national shortage and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 12.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer wall and floor tiler jobs than a year ago. About 89 wall and floor tiler jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 12.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,200 job ads, while 6,020 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 wall and floor tilers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Wall and Floor Tiler as in national shortage.
Wall and floor tiler jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 21,093 workers in May 2025, 21,716 by May 2030 (up 3%) and 22,437 by May 2035 (up 6.4%).
Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling graduates do better than is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 92.7% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 qualifications. Median income after training was $62,900, against $54,000 typical. 88.8% 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.
More people are choosing the Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling every year. Across Australia, 3,305 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 6,020, up 82.1% in a year. National data for CPC31320 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC31320 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 Wall and Floor Tiling is 20 units: 17 core, plus 3 electives chosen from 9 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 17 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPC31320 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3334) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 15 September 2026; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.