UEE42622 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind electrician (general) work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced UEE42620. About 3,131 electrician (general) jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Hazardous areas - Electrical line up. Electrician (general)s are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 15.4% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more electrician (general) jobs than a year ago. About 3,131 electrician (general) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 35,800 job ads, while 990 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 electrician (general)s and electrician (special class)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electrician (General) and Electrician (Special Class) as in national shortage; Lift Mechanic as not in shortage.
Electrician (general) jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 194,917 workers in May 2025, 207,935 by May 2030 (up 6.7%) and 218,278 by May 2035 (up 12%).
Certificate IV in Hazardous areas - Electrical graduates do better than is typical at Certificate IV level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 98.3% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate IV result is 89.9%, across 71 qualifications. Median income after training was $134,500, against $63,400 typical. 90.4% were satisfied with the training, against 87.8% 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 IV in Hazardous areas - Electrical are steady. Across Australia, 955 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 990, up 3.7% in a year. National data for UEE42622 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for UEE42622 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 6 core units for the Certificate IV in Hazardous areas - Electrical, plus 25 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 18 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps UEE42622 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3411) 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 IVs 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.