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CUA31125 Certificate III in Visual Arts
CUA31125 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind visual arts and crafts professionals work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced CUA31120. About 5 visual arts and crafts professionals jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 23.1% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 3 in Visual Arts · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
5last month
Visual arts and crafts professionals roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
Replaced CUA31120 in 2025
Enrolments
First year
55 enrolled in 2025, its first data year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Certificate III in Visual Arts are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 23.1% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting more visual arts and crafts professionals jobs than a year ago. About 5 visual arts and crafts professionals jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 23.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 100 job ads, while 55 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 2114
Combined monthly online job ads across Visual Arts And Crafts Professionals, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates painter (visual arts)s, potter or ceramic artists, sculptors and visual arts and crafts professionals necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Painter (Visual Arts), Potter or Ceramic Artist, Sculptor and Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Visual arts and crafts professionals jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 12,283 workers in May 2025, 12,971 by May 2030 (up 5.6%) and 13,729 by May 2035 (up 11.8%).
12,283
workers, May 2025
12,971
workers, May 2030
13,729
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
National enrolment data for CUA31125 starts in 2025: 55 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
2023
not yet introduced
2024
not yet introduced
55
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Certificate III is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to CUA31125 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for CUA31125 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The Certificate III in Visual Arts is 12 units: 4 core, plus 8 electives chosen from 83 options on the register.
BSBWHS211Contribute to the health and safety of self and others
CUAACD311Produce drawings to communicate ideas
CUAPPR311Produce creative work
CUARES301Apply knowledge of history and theory to own arts practice
View the 83 elective options
BSBCRT201Develop and apply thinking and problem solving skills
BSBCRT411Apply critical thinking to work practices
BSBESB301Investigate business opportunities
BSBFIN302Maintain financial records
BSBOPS301Maintain business resources
BSBPEF202Plan and apply time management
BSBPEF301Organise personal work priorities
BSBSTR401Promote innovation in team environments
BSBSUS211Participate in sustainable work practices
BSBTEC201Use business software applications
BSBTWK201Work effectively with others
BSBTWK301Use inclusive work practices
BSBWRT311Write simple documents
CUAACD201Develop drawing skills to communicate ideas
CUAACD312Produce computer-aided drawings
CUAACD313Produce technical drawings
CUAACD314Make scale models
CUAANM302Create 3D digital animations
CUAANM313Create 3D digital models
CUAATS312Produce work that expresses own Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity
CUAATS313Develop and apply knowledge of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural arts
CUACAL311Produce calligraphy
CUACER311Produce ceramic works
CUACMP311Implement copyright arrangements
CUADES201Follow a design process
CUADES202Evaluate the nature of design in a specific industry context
CUADES301Explore the use of colour
CUADES302Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D forms
CUADES303Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D forms
CUADES304Source and apply design industry knowledge
CUADES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of design
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo images
CUADIG304Create visual design components
CUADIG312Author interactive sequences
CUADIG315Produce digital images
CUADIG316Produce video art
CUADRA311Produce drawings
CUAGLA201Develop glassworking skills
CUAGLA301Produce glasswork
CUAIND311Work effectively in the creative arts industry
CUAIND314Plan a career in the creative arts industry
CUAJWL311Produce jewellery
CUAPAI311Produce paintings
CUAPHI305Use wet darkroom techniques to produce monochrome photographs
CUAPHI312Capture photographic images
CUAPHI314Process colour materials in a wet darkroom context
CUAPHI316Capture images using drone technology
CUAPPR211Make simple creative work
CUAPPR312Document the creative work progress
CUAPPR314Participate in collaborative creative projects
CUAPRI312Produce prints
CUASCU311Produce sculpture
CUATEX311Produce textile work
CUAWOO301Produce wood objects
CUAWRT301Write content for a range of media
CUAWRT302Write simple stories
ICTICT214Operate application software packages
ICTICT215Operate digital media technology packages
ICTICT312Use advanced features of applications
MEM48005Apply basic knowledge of casting operations
MSFDG3003Paint and fire glass
MSFGG3024Form glass
MSFGG3025Apply patterns and designs to glass
MSMPCII295Operate manufacturing equipment
MSMPMC302Operate equipment to blend/mix materials
MSMPMC304Prepare for production
MSMPMC308Operate slip casting equipment
MSMPMC309Finish products after firing
MSMPMC310Hand mould products
MSMPMC311Operate a firing kiln
MSMPMC329Prepare moulds and dies
MSTAT4005Analyse influences on textile design and construction
MSTAT4020Prepare stencils and screens for textile printing
MSTAT4022Produce screen-printed textiles
MSTAT5004Manipulate fabrics to create new finishes
MSTGN2023Identify and handle fabrics and textiles
PMBPREP201EPrepare moulds for composites production
PMBPREP206EPrepare polymer materials to specified formulae
PMBPREP301ESet up and prepare for batch production
PMBPROD247ECreate composite laminates using hand lay-up techniques
PMBPROD330EMake moulds for thermoformed products
PMBPROD356EConstruct moulds for composite products
PMBPROD358EDevelop polymer product patterns
training.gov.au national register, CUA31125 release 1
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Get Course maps CUA31125 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2114) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 10 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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