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MEM31519 Certificate III in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade
MEM31519 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade. It prepares you for work as a toolmaker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced MEM30205. Employers posted about 13 toolmaker jobs in June 2026, down 13.3% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 3 in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
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Toolmaker roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
Two structural signals up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced MEM30205 in 2019
Enrolments
Falling
Down 26.3% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Certificate III in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Toolmakers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 13.3% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer toolmaker jobs than a year ago. About 13 toolmaker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 13.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 200 job ads, while 70 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 3234
Combined monthly online job ads across Toolmaker, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates engineering patternmakers and toolmakers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Engineering Patternmaker and Toolmaker as in national shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Toolmaker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 4,077 workers in May 2025, 4,255 by May 2030 (up 4.4%) and 4,496 by May 2035 (up 10.3%).
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workers, May 2025
4,255
workers, May 2030
4,496
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
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade than a year ago. Across Australia, 95 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 70, down 26.3% in a year. National data for MEM31519 starts in 2021.
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not yet introduced
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2022
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2023
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2024
70
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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 MEM31519 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 MEM31519 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 24 core units for the Certificate III in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade, plus 37 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 59 of them, marked below.
MEM06007Perform basic incidental heat/quenching, tempering and annealing (has prerequisites)
MEM07005Perform general machining (has prerequisites)
MEM13003Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials (has prerequisites)
MEM13004Work safely with molten metals/glass (has prerequisites)
MEM15001Perform basic statistical quality control (has prerequisites)
MEM16005Operate as a team member to conduct manufacturing, engineering or related activities (has prerequisites)
MEM18014Manufacture press tools and gauges (has prerequisites)
MEM18097Manufacture cavity dies (has prerequisites)
training.gov.au national register, MEM31519 release 3
Where to study
Where can I study MEM31519?
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 MEM31519 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3234) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
About this page. Every number on this page shows its source and date. Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au. Compiled by Get Course from public data sources. It is not provided or endorsed by any training organisation, and nothing here is advice about your individual situation. Statistics describe groups; your result depends on you. If you represent a training organisation and want to correct or add to this page, contact hello@getcourse.com.au.