MEM31219 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind electrician (special class) work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced MEM31215. About 3,131 electrician (special class) jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Engineering - Industrial Electrician line up. Electrician (special class)s are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 15.4% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more electrician (special class) jobs than a year ago. About 3,131 electrician (special class) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 35,800 job ads, while 330 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 electrician (general)s and electrician (special class)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electrician (General) and Electrician (Special Class) as in national shortage; Lift Mechanic as not in shortage.
Electrician (special class) jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 194,917 workers in May 2025, 207,935 by May 2030 (up 6.7%) and 218,278 by May 2035 (up 12%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Engineering - Industrial Electrician are growing. Across Australia, 290 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 330, up 13.8% in a year. National data for MEM31219 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM31219 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 28 core units for the Certificate III in Engineering - Industrial Electrician, plus 9 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 30 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM31219 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3411) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.