CPC33020 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying. It prepares you for work as a bricklayer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC30111. Employers posted about 83 bricklayer jobs in June 2026, down 16.8% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Bricklayers are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 16.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer bricklayer jobs than a year ago. About 83 bricklayer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 16.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,100 job ads, while 4,560 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 bricklayers and stonemasons as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Bricklayer and Stonemason as in national shortage.
Bricklayer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 26,586 workers in May 2025, 27,976 by May 2030 (up 5.2%) and 29,194 by May 2035 (up 9.8%).
Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying graduates do better than is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 93.8% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 qualifications. Median income after training was $63,300, against $54,000 typical. 94% 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.
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying are growing. Across Australia, 3,530 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 4,560, up 29.2% in a year. National data for CPC33020 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC33020 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.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPC33020 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3311) 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: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.