SIT30722 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Hospitality (Restaurant Front of House). It prepares you for work as a waiter. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced SIT30716. Employers posted about 1,299 waiter jobs in June 2026, down 2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Hospitality (Restaurant Front of House) are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. 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.
Job ads for waiters are holding steady. About 1,299 waiter jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 17,300 job ads, while 40 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 waiters as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Waiter as not in shortage.
Waiter jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 126,494 workers in May 2025, 133,108 by May 2030 (up 5.2%) and 141,110 by May 2035 (up 11.6%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Hospitality (Restaurant Front of House) than a year ago. Across Australia, 50 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 40, down 20% in a year. National data for SIT30722 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIT30722 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 Hospitality (Restaurant Front of House) is 20 units: 9 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 20 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 14 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIT30722 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4315) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.