MEM31119 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Engineering - Composites Trade. It prepares you for work as a technicians and trades workers nec. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced MEM31112. Employers posted about 1,163 technicians and trades workers nec jobs in June 2026, down 10.8% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Engineering - Composites Trade are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Technicians and trades workers necs are in shortage in parts of the country, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 10.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer technicians and trades workers nec jobs than a year ago. About 1,163 technicians and trades workers nec jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 10.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 15,200 job ads, while 25 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 fire protection equipment technicians as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Fire Protection Equipment Technician as in shortage in regional areas; Diver, Interior Decorator, Optical Dispenser / Dispensing Optician, Optical Mechanic, Photographer's Assistant, Plastics Technician and Technicians and Trades Workers nec as not in shortage.
Technicians and trades workers nec jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 24,860 workers in May 2025, 26,520 by May 2030 (up 6.7%) and 28,316 by May 2035 (up 13.9%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Engineering - Composites Trade are growing. Across Australia, 20 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 25, up 25% in a year. National data for MEM31119 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM31119 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 register lists 12 core units for the Certificate III in Engineering - Composites Trade, plus 30 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 36 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM31119 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3999) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.