MSM20216 is the nationally recognised Certificate II in Manufacturing Technology. It prepares you for work as a factory process workers nec. It has been the current version on the national register since 2016, when it replaced MSA20208. Employers posted about 329 factory process workers nec jobs in June 2026, down 6.9% on a year earlier.
Only limited independent signals are available for this qualification yet. Specifically: national enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about any individual's result.
Employers are advertising fewer of these roles than a year ago. Across Factory Process Workers Nec, about 329 jobs were advertised online in June 2026 (down 6.9% on a year earlier). Roughly 4,399 openings were advertised over the last 12 months, while 2,290 people enrolled in the qualification nationally in 2024. Enrolment counts people in training, not completions, so the two figures describe the pipeline and the market, not a job guarantee.
Employment in these occupations is projected to stay about flat. Government projections put them at 12,400 workers in May 2025, 12,400 by May 2030 (down 0.3%) and 12,900 by May 2035 (up 3.7%).
Enrolments in this qualification are growing. National enrolments rose from 1,915 in 2023, to 2,290 in 2024 (up 19.6%).
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MSM20216 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 MSM20216 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 8399) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 24 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.