HLT33021 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind therapy aide work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced HLT33015. About 1,749 therapy aide jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 21.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 21.3% 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.
Employers are posting more therapy aide jobs than a year ago. About 1,749 therapy aide jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 21.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 20,300 job ads, while 7,750 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 hospital orderlys, nursing support workers, personal care assistants and therapy aides as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Hospital Orderly, Nursing Support Worker, Personal Care Assistant and Therapy Aide as not in shortage.
Therapy aide jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 115,049 workers in May 2025, 130,925 by May 2030 (up 13.8%) and 143,439 by May 2035 (up 24.7%).
Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance graduates do about as well as is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 87.3% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 qualifications. Median income after training was $54,800, against $54,000 typical. 90.3% 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 Allied Health Assistance every year. Across Australia, 4,850 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 7,750, up 59.8% in a year. National data for HLT33021 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT33021 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 Allied Health Assistance is 12 units: 7 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 16 options on the register.
Providers listed on Get Course offering this qualification or its pathway. Enquire and the provider confirms details directly.
Get Course maps HLT33021 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4233) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 17 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; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.