PUA30822 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind radio despatcher work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced PUA30819. About 264 radio despatcher jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 5.8% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Radio despatchers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 5.8% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer radio despatcher jobs than a year ago. About 264 radio despatcher jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 5.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,300 job ads, while 225 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 clinical coders as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Clinical Coder as in national shortage; Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Proof Reader, Radio Despatcher, Facilities Administrator and Clerical and Administrative Workers nec as not in shortage.
Radio despatcher jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 21,864 workers in May 2025, 22,751 by May 2030 (up 4.1%) and 24,176 by May 2035 (up 10.6%).
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) are dropping fast. Across Australia, 390 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 225, down 42.3% in a year. National data for PUA30822 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for PUA30822 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 register lists 3 core units for the Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations), plus 24 elective options. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps PUA30822 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5999) 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; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 6 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.