MSF40422 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Glass and Glazing. It prepares you for work as a glazier. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced MSF40418. Employers posted about 96 glazier jobs in June 2026, up 0% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Glass and Glazing are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Glaziers are in national shortage. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for glaziers are holding steady. About 96 glazier jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 0% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,200 job ads, while 5 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 glaziers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Glazier as in national shortage.
Glazier jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 8,343 workers in May 2025, 8,350 by May 2030 (up 0.1%) and 8,639 by May 2035 (up 3.5%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Glass and Glazing are dropping fast. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 5, down 50% in a year. National data for MSF40422 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MSF40422 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.
The Certificate IV in Glass and Glazing is 12 units: 5 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 41 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MSF40422 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3331) 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: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.