RII40920 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind driller work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced RII40915. About 939 driller jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 22% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Drilling Operations line up. Drillers are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 22% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more driller jobs than a year ago. About 939 driller jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 22% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 9,900 job ads, while 580 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 drillers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Driller as in national shortage; Miner as in shortage in regional areas; Shot Firer as not in shortage.
Driller jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 64,127 workers in May 2025, 66,533 by May 2030 (up 3.8%) and 67,860 by May 2035 (up 5.8%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Drilling Operations are steady. Across Australia, 595 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 580, down 2.5% in a year. National data for RII40920 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for RII40920 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 RII40920 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 7122) 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: 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 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.