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MEM31925 Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade
MEM31925 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind sheetmetal worker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced MEM31922. About 357 sheetmetal worker jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 6.2% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 3 in Engineering - Fabrication Trade · Register data synced 19 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
357last month
Sheetmetal worker roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced MEM31922 in 2025
Enrolments
First year
50 enrolled in 2025, its first data year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Sheetmetal workers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 6.2% 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 sheetmetal worker jobs than a year ago. About 357 sheetmetal worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 6.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,300 job ads, while 50 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 3222
Combined monthly online job ads across Sheetmetal Worker, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates sheetmetal workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Sheetmetal Worker as in national shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Sheetmetal worker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 5,693 workers in May 2025, 5,997 by May 2030 (up 5.3%) and 6,288 by May 2035 (up 10.5%).
5,693
workers, May 2025
5,997
workers, May 2030
6,288
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
National enrolment data for MEM31925 starts in 2025: 50 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
2023
not yet introduced
2024
not yet introduced
50
2025
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 MEM31925 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 MEM31925 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 Engineering - Fabrication Trade, plus 103 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 109 of them, marked below.
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
TLILIC0003Licence to operate a forklift truck
TLILIC0024Licence to operate a vehicle loading crane (capacity 10 metre tonnes and above)
training.gov.au national register, MEM31925 release 1
Where to study
Where can I study MEM31925?
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 MEM31925 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3222) 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 10 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 20 Sept 2026.
About this page. Every number on this page shows its source and date. Register data synced 19 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.