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UEE60220 Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering
UEE60220 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind electronic engineering technician work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced UEE60211. About 67 electronic engineering technician jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 35.8% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
67last month
Electronic engineering technician roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced UEE60211 in 2020
Enrolments
Steady
Up 0% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The independent signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering line up. Electronic engineering technicians are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 35.8% 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 more electronic engineering technician jobs than a year ago. About 67 electronic engineering technician jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 35.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 700 job ads, while 140 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 3124
Combined monthly online job ads across Electronic Engineering Technician, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates electronic engineering technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electronic Engineering Technician as in national shortage; Electronic Engineering Draftsperson as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Electronic engineering technician jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 6,515 workers in May 2025, 6,832 by May 2030 (up 4.9%) and 7,300 by May 2035 (up 12%).
6,515
workers, May 2025
6,832
workers, May 2030
7,300
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 Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering are steady. Across Australia, 140 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 140, up 0% in a year. National data for UEE60220 starts in 2021.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
5
2021
45
2022
120
2023
140
2024
140
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 Advanced Diploma is typically 1.5 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 UEE60220 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 UEE60220 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 11 core units for the Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering, plus 171 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 113 of them, marked below.
UEECD0007Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
UEECD0012Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems
UEECD0014Develop design briefs for electrotechnology projects
UEECD0016Document and apply measures to control WHS risks associated with electrotechnology work (has prerequisites)
UEECD0024Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures
UEECD0027Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan
View all 11 core units
UEEEC0007Commission electronics and communications systems
UEEEC0011Design and develop electronics/computer systems projects
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Get Course maps UEE60220 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3124) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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