HLT41120 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Health Care. It prepares you for work as an ambulance officer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced HLT41115. Employers posted about 52 ambulance officer jobs in June 2026, down 1.3% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Health Care line up. Ambulance officers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for ambulance officers are holding steady. About 52 ambulance officer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 1.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 600 job ads, while 1,160 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 ambulance officers and intensive care ambulance paramedics as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Ambulance Officer and Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic as in national shortage.
Ambulance officer jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 28,154 workers in May 2025, 31,283 by May 2030 (up 11.1%) and 34,529 by May 2035 (up 22.6%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Health Care are steady. Across Australia, 1,130 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,160, up 2.7% in a year. National data for HLT41120 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT41120 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 IV in Health Care is 16 units: 9 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 8 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps HLT41120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4111) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.