MEM50222 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Engineering - Technical. It prepares you for work as a maintenance planner. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced MEM50212. Employers posted about 580 maintenance planner jobs in June 2026, up 4.4% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Diploma of Engineering - Technical line up. Maintenance planners 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.
Job ads for maintenance planners are holding steady. About 580 maintenance planner jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 4.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 6,900 job ads, while 1,565 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 metallurgical or materials technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Metallurgical or Materials Technician as in national shortage; Maintenance Planner, Mine Deputy, Other Draftsperson and Building and Engineering Technicians nec as not in shortage.
Maintenance planner jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 39,364 workers in May 2025, 41,886 by May 2030 (up 6.4%) and 43,950 by May 2035 (up 11.7%).
More people are choosing the Diploma of Engineering - Technical every year. Across Australia, 1,055 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,565, up 48.3% in a year. National data for MEM50222 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MEM50222 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.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MEM50222 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3129) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all qualifications at the same level in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.