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UEG30122 Certificate III in Gas Supply Industry Operations

UEG30122 is the nationally recognised Certificate III behind gasfitter work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced UEG30121. About 1,364 gasfitter jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 5.8% on a year earlier.

Often searched as Cert 3 in Gas Supply Industry Operations · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
1,364last month
Gasfitter roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Positive
Three structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced UEG30121 in 2022
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 550% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The independent signals behind the Certificate III in Gas Supply Industry Operations line up. Gasfitters are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 5.8% 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 gasfitter jobs than a year ago. About 1,364 gasfitter jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 5.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 16,100 job ads, while 390 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 3341
1,364
Combined monthly online job ads across Gasfitter, to June 2026

Official shortage list

Australia's official shortage list rates airconditioning and mechanical services plumbers, drainers, gasfitters, roof plumbers, plumber (general)s and fire protection plumbers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Airconditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber, Drainer, Gasfitter, Roof Plumber, Plumber (General) and Fire Protection Plumber as in national shortage.

Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment

Ten year outlook

Gasfitter jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 103,573 workers in May 2025, 108,958 by May 2030 (up 5.2%) and 114,160 by May 2035 (up 10.2%).

103,573
workers, May 2025
108,958
workers, May 2030
114,160
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

More people are choosing the Certificate III in Gas Supply Industry Operations every year. Across Australia, 60 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 390, up 550% in a year. National data for UEG30122 starts in 2023.

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 III 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 UEG30122 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 UEG30122 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 Certificate III in Gas Supply Industry Operations is 18 units: 6 core, plus 12 electives chosen from 137 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 17 of them, marked below.

  • BSBLDR301Support effective workplace relationships
  • BSBPEF301Organise personal work priorities
  • UEGNSG002Apply environmental policies and procedures in the gas supply industry
  • UEGNSG031Prepare to work in the gas industry
  • UEGNSG033Carry out basic work activities in a gas industry work environment
  • UEGNSG041Apply safe working practices in the gas supply industry
View the 137 elective options
  • AVIW0006Perform infrastructure inspections using remote operated systems
  • BSBWHS308Participate in WHS hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control processes
  • CPCCLDG3001Licence to perform dogging
  • CPCCLRG3001Licence to perform rigging basic level (has prerequisites)
  • CPCCLRG3002Licence to perform rigging intermediate level (has prerequisites)
  • CPCWHS1001Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
  • HLTAID009Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • HLTAID011Provide First Aid
  • HLTAID013Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
  • HLTWHS005Conduct manual tasks safely
  • ICTICT214Operate application software packages
  • MSMPMC400Carry out stock control
  • MSMSUP240Undertake minor maintenance
  • MSMSUP303Identify equipment faults
  • MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving tools
  • MSMWHS212Undertake first response to fire incidents
  • MSMWHS216Operate breathing apparatus
  • MSMWHS217Gas test atmospheres
  • MSS402061Use SCADA systems in operations
  • MSS402080Undertake root cause analysis
  • PMAOPS223Operate and monitor valve systems
  • PMAOPS315Operate and troubleshoot process control systems
  • PMAOPS317Undertake ship transfer operations
  • PMAOPS338Communicate and monitor pipeline activities
  • PMAOPS346Operate and troubleshoot liquefaction process
  • PMASUP311Operate communications hub
  • PMBWELD301EJoin polyethylene plastic pipelines using butt welding
  • PMBWELD302EJoin polyethylene plastic pipelines using electrofusion welding
  • RIICCM205FCarry out manual excavation
  • RIICCM206ESupport plant operations
  • RIICCM207ESpread and compact materials manually
  • RIICCM208ECarry out basic levelling
  • RIICCM210EInstall trench support
  • RIIMPO319EConduct backhoe/loader operations
  • RIIMPO320FConduct civil construction excavator operations
  • RIISAM201EHandle resources and infrastructure materials and safely dispose of nontoxic materials
  • RIIWHS202EEnter and work in confined spaces
  • RIIWHS204EWork safely at heights
  • RIIWHS302EImplement traffic management plans
  • TLID0016Operate a forklift
  • TLID3023Use specialised liquid bulk gas transfer equipment
  • TLIF2012Apply safe procedures when handling/transporting dangerous goods or explosives
  • UEGNSG007Assess the operational capability of gas safety equipment on a delivery vehicle
  • UEGNSG010Conduct general excavations
  • UEGNSG011Conduct isolations under the permit to work system for gas industry worksites (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG012Construct and lay plastic gas distribution mains
  • UEGNSG013Construct, lay and connect a gas distribution service to a main
  • UEGNSG014Control industrial gas storage/processing operations
  • UEGNSG015Coordinate gas transmission pipeline repairs and modifications
  • UEGNSG016Establish right of way access and maintain transmission pipeline easement
  • UEGNSG017Fill by weight industrial gas cylinders
  • UEGNSG018First on site response to gas pipeline emergencies
  • UEGNSG019Inspect, test and maintain gas cylinders
  • UEGNSG020Load, unload, exchange and connect industrial gas cylinders
  • UEGNSG021Maintain multi-stage, multi-run pressure control devices (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG022Maintain single stage, single run pressure control devices (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG025Monitor and operate complex flow control, measuring and regulating devices
  • UEGNSG026Perform routine maintenance on distribution pipelines and facilities
  • UEGNSG027Perform routine maintenance on transmission pipeline facilities and equipment (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG028Perform scheduled maintenance on gas processing or storage facilities and equipment
  • UEGNSG030Store and handle bulk industrial gases
  • UEGNSG032Carry out aerial surveillance of gas transmission pipelines
  • UEGNSG034Carry out surveillance of gas transmission pipelines
  • UEGNSG035Respond to gas infrastructure emergencies
  • UEGNSG036Supervise and monitor contract work
  • UEGNSG038Supervise the operation of plant and equipment for the construction of gas transmission pipelines
  • UEGNSG039Test new residential and small commercial gas installations
  • UEGNSG040Use a portable detector to locate a combustible gas escape
  • UEGNSG042Pressure test residential and small commercial gas installations
  • UEGNSG043Relight Type A gas appliances
  • UEGNSG044Repair and maintain stationary gas fuelled turbine engines
  • UEGNSG045Carry out surveillance on gas distribution assets
  • UEGNSG046Coat metallic pipelines
  • UEGNSG048Conduct butt fusion of large diameter polyethylene gas pipeline systems
  • UEGNSG049Control excavations in the vicinity of gas transmission pipelines (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG050Control field pipeline operations
  • UEGNSG052Establish a utilities infrastructure worksite
  • UEGNSG053Install and commission stationary gas fuelled turbine engines (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG054Install cathodic protection systems
  • UEGNSG055Launch and recover PIGs in a gas distribution pipeline
  • UEGNSG056Launch and recover PIGs in gas transmission pipelines
  • UEGNSG057Liaise with third party and the community to maintain pipeline integrity and community safety
  • UEGNSG058Locate, prove and protect utility assets
  • UEGNSG059Maintain cathodic protection systems
  • UEGNSG060Maintain SCADA controlled flow and pressure equipment and electronic gas measurement equipment (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG061Monitor and control gas odourisation
  • UEGNSG062Monitor and report on cathodic protection systems
  • UEGNSG063Operate and maintain gas station water bath heaters
  • UEGNSG065Install gas flow, measuring and pressure regulating devices (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG101Undertake gas leak surveys
  • UEGNSG201Conduct distribution pipeline emergency repair (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG202Conduct emergency site control on gas distribution assets
  • UEGNSG203Evaluate and extinguish gas fire
  • UEGNSG205Commission or decommission gas distribution pipelines
  • UEGNSG206Construct and lay copper and stainless steel gas distribution pipelines
  • UEGNSG208Construct and lay large copper gas distribution pipelines
  • UEGNSG211Construct and lay steel gas distribution pipelines
  • UEGNSG214Coordinate and conduct gas distribution pipeline repair and modifications
  • UEGNSG215Coordinate construction, laying and testing of gas distribution pipelines
  • UEGNSG229Prepare simple drawings of as laid gas mains and services
  • UEGNSG302Conduct transmission pipeline emergency repair
  • UEGNSG303Carry out transmission pipeline construction work activities
  • UEGNSG304Commission or decommission gas transmission pipelines
  • UEGNSG306Control gas processing, storage or regasification operations in an LNG storage facility
  • UEGNSG307Coordinate the operation of relevant plant and equipment for transmission pipeline construction
  • UEGNSG309Coordinate transmission pipeline construction operations
  • UEGNSG312Inject gas into underground storage
  • UEGNSG313Monitor and operate flow control, pressure measuring and regulating devices for gas transmission (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG315Withdraw gas from underground storage
  • UEGNSG316Work in proximity of transmission pipeline construction plant and equipment
  • UEGNSG317First response to a gas facility event (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG326Coordinate and monitor staff and contractors
  • UEGNSG501Communicate with gas industry stakeholders to meet operational requirements
  • UEGNSG503Monitor and control field activities
  • UEGNSG504Monitor and control gas infrastructure using Control Centre systems
  • UEGNSG505Operate and monitor gas infrastructure to meet nominated demand (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG509Remotely monitor and operate gas transmission flow and pressure measuring and regulating devices (has prerequisites)
  • UEGNSG701Disconnect and reconnect data logging equipment
  • UEGNSG702Disconnect and reconnect small capacity gas meters
  • UEGNSG703Fault find and repair data logging equipment
  • UEGNSG704Install and commission data logging equipment
  • UEGNSG707Process data logging information
  • UEGNSG709Process meter reading information using appropriate technology
  • UEGNSG710Read and record meter readings
  • UEGNSG715Use data logging equipment
  • UEGNSG901Apply safety practices, procedures, and compliance standards for handling hydrogen gas
  • UEGNSG902Commission, operate and maintain electrolysers
  • UEGNSG903Fault find and repair hydrogen storage equipment
  • UEGNSG904Inject hydrogen gas into distribution networks
  • UEGNSG905Monitor and control hydrogen in gas distribution networks
  • UEGNSG906Undertake routine hydrogen storage operations
  • UEPMNT367Install and commission stationary gas fuelled reciprocating engines (has prerequisites)
  • UEPMNT368Repair and maintain stationary gas fuelled reciprocating engines (has prerequisites)
  • UEPOPS059Manage, operate and monitor a gas turbine unit
  • UEPOPS092Operate and monitor fixed fire protection systems
  • UEPOPS107Operate and monitor supervisory control and data acquisition systems
  • UETDREL006Work safely in the vicinity of live electrical apparatus as a non-electrical worker
training.gov.au national register, UEG30122 release 1
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Basic Hydrogen Safety Skill Set
UEGSS00013 · skill set guide
Monitor Hydrogen using Control Systems Skill Set
UEGSS00015 · skill set guide
Where to study

Where can I study UEG30122?

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How we calculate these figures

Get Course maps UEG30122 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3341) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.

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