MEM31622 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind toolmakers and engineering patternmakers work. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. About 13 toolmakers and engineering patternmakers jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 13.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Engineering - Patternmaking Trade are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Toolmakers and engineering patternmakerses 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.
Employers are posting fewer toolmakers and engineering patternmakers jobs than a year ago. About 13 toolmakers and engineering patternmakers 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 10 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 engineering patternmakers and toolmakers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Engineering Patternmaker and Toolmaker as in national shortage.
Toolmakers and engineering patternmakers 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%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Engineering - Patternmaking Trade are dropping fast. Across Australia, 15 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, down 33.3% in a year. National data for MEM31622 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM31622 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 19 core units for the Certificate III in Engineering - Patternmaking Trade, plus 30 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 46 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM31622 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 17 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.