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MEM80125 Graduate Diploma of Engineering
MEM80125 is the nationally recognised Graduate Diploma behind other draftsperson work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced MEM80122. About 580 other draftsperson jobs were advertised 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
Other draftsperson roles advertised across Australia
Holding close to last year's level
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced MEM80122 in 2025
Enrolments
First year
10 enrolled in 2025, its first data year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The independent signals behind the Graduate Diploma of Engineering line up. Other draftspersons are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Job ads for other draftspersons are holding steady. About 580 other draftsperson 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 10 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 Other Draftsperson, 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
Other draftsperson 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
National enrolment data for MEM80125 starts in 2025: 10 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
10
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 Graduate 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 MEM80125 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 MEM80125 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 Graduate Diploma of Engineering is 10 units: 3 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 92 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 28 of them, marked below.
MEM234002Integrate engineering technologies
MEM234035Maintain and apply technical and engineering skills
MSMENV672Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability
View the 92 elective options
BSBHRM611Contribute to organisational performance development
BSBLDR812Develop and cultivate collaborative partnerships and relationships
MEM13015Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
MEM14088Apply maintenance engineering techniques to equipment and component repairs and modifications (has prerequisites)
MEM14092Integrate maintenance fundamentals into an engineering task (has prerequisites)
MEM16006Organise and communicate information (has prerequisites)
MEM16008Interact with computing technology (has prerequisites)
MEM23003Operate and program computers and/or controllers in engineering situations (has prerequisites)
MEM23004Apply technical mathematics
MEM23006Apply fluid and thermodynamics principles in engineering (has prerequisites)
MEM23007Apply calculus to engineering tasks (has prerequisites)
MEM23063Select and organise mechanical engineering material tests (has prerequisites)
MEM23064Select and organise mechatronic engineering material tests (has prerequisites)
MEM234012Design integrated maintenance management systems
MEM234013Plan and design engineering-related manufacturing processes
MEM234014Design a robotic system
MEM234015Design hydronic heat exchanger systems
MEM234016Design refrigeration systems
MEM234017Design exhaust, ventilation and dust collection systems
MEM234018Design heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration control systems
MEM234019Apply finite element analysis in engineering design
MEM234020Coordinate small lot manufacture using rapid manufacture processes
MEM234021Apply statistics to technology problems
MEM234022Apply advanced calculus to technology problems
MEM234023Apply differential equations to technology problems
MEM234024Apply advanced mathematics to technology problems
MEM234025Apply numerical methods to technology problems
MEM234026Develop and coordinate engineering-related contingency plans
MEM234027Plan and manage materials supply for an engineering project or manufacturing operation
MEM234028Produce and manage technical documentation
MEM234029Produce and manage technical publications
MEM234030Provide specialised technical and engineering guidance to other technical employees
MEM234031Manage installation, commissioning or modification of machines and equipment
MEM234032Manage fluid power-related technologies in an organisation
MEM234033Lead engineering-related quality operations in an organisation
MEM234034Manage heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems or projects
MEM234036Apply configuration management procedures in engineering project management (has prerequisites)
MEM234037Perform maintenance-related integrated logistic support management activities (has prerequisites)
MEM234038Apply systems engineering procedures to engineering design project management
MEM30005Calculate force systems within simple beam structures (has prerequisites)
MEM30006Calculate stresses in simple structures (has prerequisites)
MEM30012Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment
MSL976006Evaluate and select appropriate test methods and/or procedures
MSS405000Develop competitive systems and practices for operational objectives
MSS405029Develop quick changeover procedures
MSS405035Design a process layout
MSS405039Implement and optimise levelled pull system
MSS405046Manage workplace learning
MSS405077Develop a proactive maintenance strategy
MSS407023Quantitatively analyse impact of process changes
MSS407024Prepare for and implement change
MSS407025Build internal relationships to support competitive systems and practices
MSS407026Lead a process to determine and solve root cause for a complex problem
MSS407029Improve visual management in the workplace
MSS407030Manage benchmarking studies
MSS407031Review continuous improvement processes
MSS407032Facilitate improvements in the internal value stream
MSS407033Qualitatively review and improve process changes
MSS407034Respond to a major non-conformance
MSS408011Develop knowledge systems and learning processes for an organisation
MSS408012Develop problem solving capability of an organisation
MSS408013Develop best practice model for future state operations
MSS408015Develop the competitive systems and practices approach
MSS408016Develop the value stream
MSS408017Analyse and refine improvement systems
MSS408018Analyse data to determine organisational learning
training.gov.au national register, MEM80125 release 1
Where to study
Where can I study MEM80125?
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 MEM80125 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 10 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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