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MEM31322 Certificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
MEM31322 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. It prepares you for work as an airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced MEM31319. Employers posted about 416 airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic jobs in June 2026, down 11.1% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 3 in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning · Register data synced 19 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
416last month
Airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced MEM31319 in 2022
Enrolments
Steady
Down 2.7% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Certificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Airconditioning and refrigeration mechanics are in national shortage. Job ads in June 2026 were down 11.1% 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 fewer airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic jobs than a year ago. About 416 airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 11.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 6,100 job ads, while 720 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 3421
Combined monthly online job ads across Airconditioning And Refrigeration Mechanic, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates airconditioning and refrigeration mechanics as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic as in national shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 29,234 workers in May 2025, 29,920 by May 2030 (up 2.3%) and 31,186 by May 2035 (up 6.7%).
29,234
workers, May 2025
29,920
workers, May 2030
31,186
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 Certificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning are steady. Across Australia, 740 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 720, down 2.7% in a year. National data for MEM31322 starts in 2023.
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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 Certificate III 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 MEM31322 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 MEM31322 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 register lists 12 core units for the Certificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, plus 52 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 61 of them, marked below.
MEM13001Perform emergency first aid (has prerequisites)
MEM13003Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials (has prerequisites)
MEM13007Maintain water treatment systems for cooling towers (has prerequisites)
MEM13019Undertake work health and safety activities in the workplace
MEM15004Perform inspection (has prerequisites)
MEM16004Perform internal/external customer service (has prerequisites)
MEM16005Operate as a team member to conduct manufacturing, engineering or related activities (has prerequisites)
MEM18003Use tools for precision work (has prerequisites)
MEM18006Perform precision fitting of engineering components (has prerequisites)
MEM18009Perform precision levelling and alignment of machines and engineering components (has prerequisites)
MEM18011Shut down and isolate machines/equipment (has prerequisites)
MEM18045Fault find and repair electrical equipment/components up to 250 volts single phase supply (has prerequisites)
MEM18046Fault find and repair electrical equipment/components up to 1000 volts a.c./1500 volts d.c. (has prerequisites)
MEM18048Fault find and repair/rectify basic electrical circuits (has prerequisites)
MEM18049Disconnect/reconnect fixed wired equipment up to 1000 volts a.c./1500 volts d.c. (has prerequisites)
MEM18051Fault find and repair/rectify complex electrical circuits (has prerequisites)
MEM18055Dismantle, replace and assemble engineering components (has prerequisites)
MEM18083Handle fluorocarbon refrigerants according to regulations (has prerequisites)
MEM18084Commission and decommission split air conditioning systems (has prerequisites)
MEM18085Install, service and repair domestic air conditioning and refrigeration appliances (has prerequisites)
MEM18086Test, recover, evacuate and charge refrigeration systems (has prerequisites)
MEM18087Service and repair domestic and light commercial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment (has prerequisites)
MEM18088Maintain and repair commercial air conditioning systems and components (has prerequisites)
MEM18089Maintain and repair central air handling systems (has prerequisites)
MEM18090Maintain and repair industrial refrigeration systems and components (has prerequisites)
MEM18091Maintain and repair multistage, cascade and/or ultra-cold industrial refrigeration systems (has prerequisites)
MEM18094Service and repair commercial refrigeration (has prerequisites)
MEM18095Maintain and repair cooling towers/evaporative condensers and associated equipment (has prerequisites)
MEM18096Maintain, repair/replace and adjust refrigerant flow controls and associated equipment (has prerequisites)
training.gov.au national register, MEM31322 release 1
Where to study
Where can I study MEM31322?
No Get Course partner currently lists this qualification. Check the national register for organisations approved to deliver it, and remember that approval to deliver is a regulatory fact, not a recommendation. You can browse live courses from our partners and enquire today.
Get Course maps MEM31322 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3421) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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