UEE20120 is the nationally recognised Certificate II in Split Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems. It prepares you for work as an electrical or telecommunications trades assistant. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced UEE20111. Employers posted about 3,675 electrical or telecommunications trades assistant jobs in June 2026, up 1.4% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on UEE20120 yet. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for electrical or telecommunications trades assistants are holding steady. About 3,675 electrical or telecommunications trades assistant jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 1.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 46,600 job ads, while 3,455 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Electrical or telecommunications trades assistant jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 68,591 workers in May 2025, 69,155 by May 2030 (up 0.8%) and 71,498 by May 2035 (up 4.2%).
Certificate II in Split Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems graduates do better than is typical at Certificate II level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 96.5% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate II result is 77.6%, across 63 qualifications. Median income after training was $84,800, against $41,400 typical. 92% were satisfied with the training, against 91.4% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Enrolments in the Certificate II in Split Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems are steady. Across Australia, 3,320 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 3,455, up 4.1% in a year. National data for UEE20120 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for UEE20120 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 10 core units for the Certificate II in Split Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems, plus 10 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 10 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps UEE20120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 8999) 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 Certificate IIs 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: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.