ICT30524 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology. It prepares you for work as a telecommunications technician. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced ICT30519. Employers posted about 76 telecommunications technician jobs in June 2026, down 9.5% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Telecommunications technicians are in national shortage. Job ads in June 2026 were down 9.5% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer telecommunications technician jobs than a year ago. About 76 telecommunications technician jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 9.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,000 job ads, while 570 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 cabler (data and telecommunications)s, telecommunications cable jointers, telecommunications linesworker / telecommunications line mechanics and telecommunications technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Cabler (Data and Telecommunications), Telecommunications Cable Jointer, Telecommunications Linesworker / Telecommunications Line Mechanic and Telecommunications Technician as in national shortage.
Telecommunications technician jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 16,991 workers in May 2025, 16,828 by May 2030 (down 1%) and 17,630 by May 2035 (up 3.8%).
National enrolment data for ICT30524 starts in 2025: 570 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for ICT30524 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 ICT30524 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3424) 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 qualifications at the same level 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 29 August 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 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.