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.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
580last month
Maintenance planner roles advertised across Australia
Holding close to last year's level
Long-term outlook
Positive
Three structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced MEM50212 in 2022
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 48.3% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
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.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
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.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 3129
Combined monthly online job ads across Maintenance Planner, to June 2026
Official shortage list
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.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
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%).
39,364
workers, May 2025
41,886
workers, May 2030
43,950
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 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.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
20
2022
175
2023
1,055
2024
1,565
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 Diploma 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 MEM50222 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 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.
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 5 core units for the Diploma of Engineering - Technical, plus 185 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 113 of them, marked below.
MEM16006Organise and communicate information (has prerequisites)
MEM16008Interact with computing technology (has prerequisites)
MEM22002Manage self in the engineering environment (has prerequisites)
MEM30012Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
View the 185 elective options
CPCWHS1001Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
CPPBDN6106Produce building information modelling for building design projects
training.gov.au national register, MEM50222 release 2
Where to study
Where can I study MEM50222?
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 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. 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; 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 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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