UEE40720 Certificate IV in Electronics and Communications
UEE40720 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Electronics and Communications. It prepares you for work as an electronic equipment trades worker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced UEE40711. Employers posted about 137 electronic equipment trades worker jobs in June 2026, down 16.8% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 4 in Electronics and Communications · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
137last month
Electronic equipment trades worker roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced UEE40711 in 2020
Enrolments
Steady
Up 2% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Electronics and Communications are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Electronic equipment trades workers are in national shortage. Job ads in June 2026 were down 16.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer electronic equipment trades worker jobs than a year ago. About 137 electronic equipment trades worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 16.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,800 job ads, while 255 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 3423
Combined monthly online job ads across Electronic Equipment Trades Worker, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates electronic instrument trades worker (general)s and electronic instrument trades worker (special class)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (General) and Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class) as in national shortage; Electronic Equipment Trades Worker as in shortage in regional areas; Business Machine Mechanic and Communications Operator as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Electronic equipment trades worker jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 30,283 workers in May 2025, 30,839 by May 2030 (up 1.8%) and 32,158 by May 2035 (up 6.2%).
30,283
workers, May 2025
30,839
workers, May 2030
32,158
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Electronics and Communications are steady. Across Australia, 250 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 255, up 2% in a year. National data for UEE40720 starts in 2021.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
5
2021
55
2022
180
2023
250
2024
255
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Certificate IV is typically 0.5 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to UEE40720 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for UEE40720 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The register lists 16 core units for the Certificate IV in Electronics and Communications, plus 111 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 92 of them, marked below.
UEECD0007Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
UEECD0010Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report
UEECD0016Document and apply measures to control WHS risks associated with electrotechnology work (has prerequisites)
UEECD0019Fabricate, assemble and dismantle utilities industry components (has prerequisites)
UEECD0024Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures
UEECD0027Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan
View all 16 core units
UEECD0043Solve problems in direct current circuits (has prerequisites)
UEEEC0028Fault find and repair complex power supplies (has prerequisites)
UEEEC0060Repairs basic electronic apparatus faults by replacement of components (has prerequisites)
UEEEC0063Solve fundamental electronic communications system problems (has prerequisites)
UEEEC0066Troubleshoot amplifiers in an electronic apparatus (has prerequisites)
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Get Course maps UEE40720 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3423) 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 7 September 2026; 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 synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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