RII30420 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind engineering production worker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced RII30415. About 182 engineering production worker jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 12.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Resource Processing are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 12.3% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer engineering production worker jobs than a year ago. About 182 engineering production worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 12.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,200 job ads, while 1,045 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 engineering production workers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Engineering Production Worker as not in shortage.
Engineering production worker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 23,027 workers in May 2025, 24,487 by May 2030 (up 6.3%) and 25,706 by May 2035 (up 11.6%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Resource Processing than a year ago. Across Australia, 1,275 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,045, down 18% in a year. National data for RII30420 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for RII30420 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 Resource Processing is 13 units: 4 core, plus 9 electives chosen from 110 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps RII30420 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 7123) 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; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 3 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.