MEA50219 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical). It prepares you for work as an aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical). It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced MEA50218. Employers posted about 126 aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical) jobs in June 2026, up 11.2% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
126last month
Aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical) roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced MEA50218 in 2019
Enrolments
Rising
Up 8.8% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The independent signals behind the Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical) 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.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
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 680 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 3231
Combined monthly online job ads across Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical), to June 2026
Official shortage list
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.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
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%).
10,006
workers, May 2025
10,110
workers, May 2030
10,700
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 Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical) are growing. Across Australia, 625 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 680, up 8.8% in a year. National data for MEA50219 starts in 2020.
2019
not yet introduced
105
2020
340
2021
405
2022
470
2023
625
2024
680
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 Diploma is typically 1 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 MEA50219 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 MEA50219 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 Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical) is 35 units: 28 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 24 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 37 of them, marked below.
MEA107Interpret and use aviation maintenance industry manuals and specifications
MEA111Perform administrative processes to prepare for certification of civil aircraft maintenance
MEA112Plan and implement civil aircraft maintenance activities
MEA113Supervise civil aircraft maintenance activities and manage human resources in the workplace
MEA116Apply work health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenance
MEA118Conduct self in the aviation maintenance environment
View all 28 core units
MEA142Manage self in the aviation maintenance environment
MEA148Apply mathematics and physics in aviation maintenance
MEA154Apply work health and safety practices in aviation maintenance
MEA155Plan and organise aviation maintenance work activities (has prerequisites)
MEA156Apply quality standards during aviation maintenance activities (has prerequisites)
MEA157Complete aviation maintenance industry documentation
MEA158Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance
MEA201Remove and install miscellaneous aircraft electrical hardware/components (has prerequisites)
MEA203Remove and install advanced aircraft electrical system components (has prerequisites)
MEA246Fabricate and/or repair aircraft electrical hardware or parts (has prerequisites)
MEA296Use electrical test equipment in aviation maintenance activities (has prerequisites)
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Get Course maps MEA50219 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; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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