MEM30919 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind boat builders and shipwrights work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced MEM30905. About 17 boat builders and shipwrights jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 0% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Boating Services are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Boat builders and shipwrightses are in national shortage. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for boat builders and shipwrightses are holding steady. About 17 boat builders and shipwrights jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 0% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 200 job ads, while 105 people were training in the qualification nationally (2024). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates boat builder and repairers and shipwrights as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Boat Builder and Repairer and Shipwright as in national shortage.
Boat builders and shipwrights jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 3,946 workers in May 2025, 3,860 by May 2030 (down 2.2%) and 4,087 by May 2035 (up 3.6%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Boating Services are dropping fast. Across Australia, 105 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 0, down 100% in a year. National data for MEM30919 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM30919 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 III in Boating Services is 19 units: 6 core, plus 13 electives chosen from 29 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 31 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM30919 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3991) 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: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.