MEM40422 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicians work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced MEM40412. About 188 mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicians jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 1.9% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 4 in Engineering Drafting · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
188last month
Mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicians roles advertised across Australia
Holding close to last year's level
Long-term outlook
Positive
Three structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced MEM40412 in 2022
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 75.3% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Engineering Drafting line up. Mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicianses are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Job ads for mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicianses are holding steady. About 188 mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicians jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 1.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,300 job ads, while 710 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 3125
Combined monthly online job ads across Mechanical Engineering Draftspersons And Technicians, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates mechanical engineering draftspersons and mechanical engineering technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Mechanical Engineering Draftsperson and Mechanical Engineering Technician as in national shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Mechanical engineering draftspersons and technicians jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 6,770 workers in May 2025, 7,170 by May 2030 (up 5.9%) and 7,624 by May 2035 (up 12.6%).
6,770
workers, May 2025
7,170
workers, May 2030
7,624
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
More people are choosing the Certificate IV in Engineering Drafting every year. Across Australia, 405 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 710, up 75.3% in a year. National data for MEM40422 starts in 2023.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
15
2023
405
2024
710
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 IV is typically 0.5 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 MEM40422 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 MEM40422 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 Certificate IV in Engineering Drafting is 15 units: 4 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 58 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 37 of them, marked below.
MEM16006Organise and communicate information (has prerequisites)
MEM16008Interact with computing technology (has prerequisites)
MEM30012Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
View the 58 elective options
CPCPCM4012Estimate and cost work
CPCWHS1001Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
training.gov.au national register, MEM40422 release 2
Where to study
Where can I study MEM40422?
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 MEM40422 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3125) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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