ICP31420 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production. It prepares you for work as a graphic pre-press trades worker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced ICP31415. Employers posted about 30 graphic pre-press trades worker jobs in June 2026, up 46.8% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Graphic pre-press trades workers are in national shortage and job ads in June 2026 were up 46.8% on a year earlier. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more graphic pre-press trades worker jobs than a year ago. About 30 graphic pre-press trades worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 46.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 300 job ads, while 60 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 graphic pre-press trades workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker as in national shortage.
Graphic pre-press trades worker jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 1,195 workers in May 2025, 1,208 by May 2030 (up 1.1%) and 1,273 by May 2035 (up 6.5%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production than a year ago. Across Australia, 65 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 60, down 7.7% in a year. National data for ICP31420 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for ICP31420 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 ICP31420 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3922) 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.