UEE43020 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Electrical Equipment and Systems. It prepares you for work as an electrician (general). It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced UEE43011. Employers posted about 3,131 electrician (general) jobs in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Electrical Equipment and Systems are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. 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. Enrolments are falling. 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 55 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%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Electrical Equipment and Systems than a year ago. Across Australia, 75 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 55, down 26.7% in a year. National data for UEE43020 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for UEE43020 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 UEE43020 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. 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; 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.