MEA20418 is the nationally recognised Certificate II in Aeroskills. It prepares you for work as an aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics). It has been the current version on the national register since 2018, when it replaced MEA20415. Employers posted about 126 aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) jobs in June 2026, up 11.2% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate II in Aeroskills line up. Aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics)s are in national shortage, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 11.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) jobs than a year ago. About 126 aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 11.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,400 job ads, while 440 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 aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics)s, aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical)s and aircraft maintenance engineer (structures)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics), Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical) and Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures) as in national shortage.
Aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,006 workers in May 2025, 10,110 by May 2030 (up 1%) and 10,700 by May 2035 (up 6.9%).
More people are choosing the Certificate II in Aeroskills every year. Across Australia, 285 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 440, up 54.4% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEA20418 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 II in Aeroskills is 11 units: 8 core, plus 3 electives chosen from 10 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 12 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEA20418 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3231) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.