UEE50220 Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation
UEE50220 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation. It prepares you for work as an electrician (general). It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced UEE50211. Employers posted about 3,131 electrician (general) jobs in June 2026, up 15.4% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
3,131last month
Electrician (general) roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
Two structural signals up; enrolments falling
Register status
Current
Replaced UEE50211 in 2020
Enrolments
Falling fast
Down 30.8% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation 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.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
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 45 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 3411
Combined monthly online job ads across Electrician (General), to June 2026
Official shortage list
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.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
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%).
194,917
workers, May 2025
207,935
workers, May 2030
218,278
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 Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation are dropping fast. Across Australia, 65 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 45, down 30.8% in a year. National data for UEE50220 starts in 2022.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
40
2022
70
2023
65
2024
45
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 Diploma is typically 1 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 UEE50220 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 UEE50220 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 18 core units for the Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation, plus 40 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 37 of them, marked below.
UEECD0010Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report
UEECD0024Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures
UEECD0027Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan
UEECD0060Write specifications for electrotechnology engineering projects
UEEIC0013Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0021Find and rectify faults in process final control elements (has prerequisites)
View all 18 core units
UEEIC0022Install instrumentation and control apparatus and associated equipment (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0023Install instrumentation and control cabling and tubing (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0029Set up and adjust PID control loops (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0030Set up and adjust advanced PID process control loops (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0031Set up and configure human-machine interface (HMI) and industrial networks (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0038Solve problems in density/level measurement components and systems (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0039Solve problems in flow measurement components and systems (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0041Solve problems in pressure measurement components and systems (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0043Solve problems in temperature measurement components and systems (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0047Use instrumentation drawings, specifications, standards and equipment manuals (has prerequisites)
UEEIC0048Verify compliance and functionality of instrumentation and control installations (has prerequisites)
UEERE0013Develop strategies to address environmental and sustainability issues in the energy sector
View the 40 elective options
BSBINS501Implement information and knowledge management systems
BSBLDR522Manage people performance
BSBOPS203Deliver a service to customers
BSBSTR501Establish innovative work environments
BSBSTR502Facilitate continuous improvement
BSBTWK502Manage team effectiveness
ICTICT214Operate application software packages
UEECD0011Comply with scheduled and preventative maintenance program processes
UEECD0035Provide basic instruction in the use of electrotechnology apparatus
UEECO0001Estimate electrotechnology projects
UEECO0002Maintain documentation
UEECO0015Provide quotations for installation or service jobs
UEECO0017Source and purchase material/parts for installation or service jobs
UEECS0033Use engineering applications software on personal computers
UEEEC0060Repairs basic electronic apparatus faults by replacement of components (has prerequisites)
UEEEC0075Troubleshoot single phase input d.c power supplies (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0006Develop detailed and complex drawings for electrical systems using CAD systems (has prerequisites)
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Get Course maps UEE50220 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: register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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