MSM31122 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing. It prepares you for work as a vehicle body builder. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced MSM31115. Employers posted about 25 vehicle body builder jobs in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Vehicle body builders are in national shortage and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 24.5% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer vehicle body builder jobs than a year ago. About 25 vehicle body builder jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 300 job ads, while 30 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 vehicle body builders and vehicle trimmers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Vehicle Body Builder and Vehicle Trimmer as in national shortage.
Vehicle body builder jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 6,337 workers in May 2025, 6,249 by May 2030 (down 1.4%) and 6,498 by May 2035 (up 2.5%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing are growing. Across Australia, 25 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 30, up 20% in a year. National data for MSM31122 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MSM31122 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 III in Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing is 25 units: 5 core, plus 20 electives chosen from 32 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MSM31122 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3242) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register training.gov.au, synced 3 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.