RGR30619 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Horse Breeding. It prepares you for work as a horse breeder. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced ACM30717. Employers posted about 59 horse breeder jobs in June 2026, down 7.4% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Horse Breeding are weak right now. Job ads in June 2026 were down 7.4% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. Weigh both sides.
Employers are posting fewer horse breeder jobs than a year ago. About 59 horse breeder jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 7.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 700 job ads, while 90 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 apiarists, beef cattle farmers, dairy cattle farmers, deer farmers, goat farmers, horse breeders, pig farmers, poultry farmers, sheep farmers, mixed cattle and sheep farmers and livestock farmers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Apiarist, Beef Cattle Farmer, Dairy Cattle Farmer, Deer Farmer, Goat Farmer, Horse Breeder, Pig Farmer, Poultry Farmer, Sheep Farmer, Mixed Cattle and Sheep Farmer and Livestock Farmers nec as not in shortage.
Horse breeder jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 78,871 workers in May 2025, 76,578 by May 2030 (down 2.9%) and 79,825 by May 2035 (up 1.2%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Horse Breeding than a year ago. Across Australia, 95 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 90, down 5.3% in a year. National data for RGR30619 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for RGR30619 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 Horse Breeding is 15 units: 3 core, plus 12 electives chosen from 27 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 10 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps RGR30619 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1213) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.