CUA10220 is the nationally recognised Certificate I in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts. It prepares you for work as a performing arts technicians nec. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced CUA10215. Employers posted about 94 performing arts technicians nec jobs in June 2026, up 19.5% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on CUA10220 yet. What exists: performing arts technicians necs are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 19.5% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more performing arts technicians nec jobs than a year ago. About 94 performing arts technicians nec jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 19.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,100 job ads, while 425 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 light technicians and sound technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Light Technician and Sound Technician as in national shortage; Broadcast Transmitter Operator, Camera Operator (Film, Television or Video), Make Up Artist, Musical Instrument Maker or Repairer, Television Equipment Operator and Performing Arts Technicians nec as not in shortage.
Performing arts technicians nec jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 16,279 workers in May 2025, 16,717 by May 2030 (up 2.7%) and 17,630 by May 2035 (up 8.3%).
Enrolments in the Certificate I in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts are steady. Across Australia, 435 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 425, down 2.3% in a year. National data for CUA10220 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CUA10220 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 I in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts is 6 units: 4 core, plus 2 electives chosen from 22 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CUA10220 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3995) 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; 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 training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.