ICT41219 Certificate IV in Telecommunications Engineering Technology
ICT41219 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind telecommunications technical officer or technologist work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced ICT41215. About 31 telecommunications technical officer or technologist jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 46.9% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 4 in Telecommunications Engineering Technology · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
31last month
Telecommunications technical officer or technologist roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
Replaced ICT41215 in 2019
Enrolments
Falling fast
Down 41.2% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Telecommunications Engineering Technology are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 46.9% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting more telecommunications technical officer or technologist jobs than a year ago. About 31 telecommunications technical officer or technologist jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 46.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 300 job ads, while 335 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 3132
Combined monthly online job ads across Telecommunications Technical Officer Or Technologist, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates radiocommunications technicians, telecommunications field engineers, telecommunications network planners and telecommunications technical officer or technologists as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Radiocommunications Technician, Telecommunications Field Engineer, Telecommunications Network Planner and Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Telecommunications technical officer or technologist jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 3,760 workers in May 2025, 3,966 by May 2030 (up 5.5%) and 4,276 by May 2035 (up 13.7%).
3,760
workers, May 2025
3,966
workers, May 2030
4,276
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Telecommunications Engineering Technology are dropping fast. Across Australia, 570 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 335, down 41.2% in a year. National data for ICT41219 starts in 2020.
2019
not yet introduced
35
2020
365
2021
715
2022
780
2023
570
2024
335
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Certificate IV is typically 0.5 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to ICT41219 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for ICT41219 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The register lists 5 core units for the Certificate IV in Telecommunications Engineering Technology, plus 69 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
ICTTEN208Use electrical skills when working with telecommunications networks
ICTTEN410Locate, diagnose and rectify faults
ICTTEN414Repair telecommunication system faults
ICTTEN416Install, configure and test an internet protocol network
ICTTEN435Solve electrical-based telecommunications circuitry and cabling problems (has prerequisites)
View the 69 elective options
BSBESB402Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures
BSBESB406Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures
BSBLDR414Lead team effectiveness
BSBOPS404Implement customer service strategies
BSBSUS411Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
ICTCBL401Prepare design drawings and specification for a cable installation
ICTCBL403Supervise cabling project
ICTCBL404Test cable bearers
ICTCBL405Remotely locate and identify cable network faults
ICTCMP502Conduct radio communications site audits
ICTDRE302Locate and rectify digital reception equipment faults
ICTDRE401Integrate customer digital reception equipment
ICTDRE402Integrate data delivery modes
ICTEDU301Train customers in new technology
ICTICT428Select cloud storage solutions
ICTICT429Determine and confirm client business requirements
ICTICT432Develop detailed technical design
ICTICT435Create technical documentation
ICTNWK421Install, configure and test network security
ICTNWK428Create scripts for networking
ICTNWK429Install hardware to networks
ICTNWK430Deploy software to networked computers
ICTNWK432Build an enterprise wireless network
ICTNWK434Identify and implement industry standard virtualisation technologies
ICTNWK435Create secure virtual private networks
ICTNWK540Design, build and test network servers
ICTOPN403Prepare activity plans and specifications for a fibre to the x installation
ICTOPN404Test optical communications systems and components (has prerequisites)
ICTOPN405Install and test a dense wavelength division multiplexing system
ICTPMG402Schedule installation of customer premises equipment
ICTPMG403Manage the delivery of network infrastructure
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Get Course maps ICT41219 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3132) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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