MEA41122 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical) work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced MEA41119. About 126 aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical) jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 11.2% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Aeronautical Life Support Equipment line up. Aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical)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 (mechanical) jobs than a year ago. About 126 aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical) 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 10 people were training in the qualification nationally (2023). 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 (mechanical) 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 IV in Aeronautical Life Support Equipment every year. Across Australia, 0 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 0. National data for MEA41122 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEA41122 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 Aeronautical Life Support Equipment is 23 units: 9 core, plus 14 electives chosen from 35 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 25 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEA41122 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2023 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.