ICP40120 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind printing machinist work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced ICP40115. About 27 printing machinist jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Printing and Graphic Arts Management are weak right now. Job ads in June 2026 were down 24.5% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. Weigh both sides.
Employers are posting fewer printing machinist jobs than a year ago. About 27 printing machinist jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 400 job ads, while 5 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 printing machinists and small offset printers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Printing Machinist and Small Offset Printer as not in shortage.
Printing machinist jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,868 workers in May 2025, 10,819 by May 2030 (down 0.5%) and 11,407 by May 2035 (up 5%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Printing and Graphic Arts Management are dropping fast. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 5, down 50% in a year. National data for ICP40120 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for ICP40120 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 Printing and Graphic Arts Management is 15 units: 5 core, plus 10 electives chosen from 99 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 12 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps ICP40120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3923) 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 15 September 2026; 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 synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.