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UET30621 Certificate III in ESI - Distribution Overhead

UET30621 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in ESI - Distribution Overhead. It prepares you for work as an electrical distribution trades workers. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced UET30619. Employers posted about 144 electrical distribution trades workers jobs in June 2026, up 2.9% on a year earlier.

Often searched as Cert 3 in ESI - Distribution Overhead · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
144last month
Electrical distribution trades workers roles advertised across Australia
Holding close to last year's level
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced UET30619 in 2021
Enrolments
Rising
Up 23.5% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The independent signals behind the Certificate III in ESI - Distribution Overhead line up. Electrical distribution trades workerses are in national shortage and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.

Jobs and Skills Australia

Is the work there?

Job ads for electrical distribution trades workerses are holding steady. About 144 electrical distribution trades workers jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 2.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,800 job ads, while 1,865 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 3422
144
Combined monthly online job ads across Electrical Distribution Trades Workers, to June 2026

Official shortage list

Australia's official shortage list rates electrical linesworker / electrical line mechanics and technical cable jointers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electrical Linesworker / Electrical Line Mechanic and Technical Cable Jointer as in national shortage.

Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment

Ten year outlook

Electrical distribution trades workers jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 11,975 workers in May 2025, 12,076 by May 2030 (up 0.8%) and 12,600 by May 2035 (up 5.2%).

11,975
workers, May 2025
12,076
workers, May 2030
12,600
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 Certificate III in ESI - Distribution Overhead are growing. Across Australia, 1,510 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,865, up 23.5% in a year. National data for UET30621 starts in 2022.

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 UET30621 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 UET30621 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 ESI - Distribution Overhead is 24 units: 20 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 26 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 34 of them, marked below.

  • AHCMOM213Operate and maintain chainsaws
  • CPCCLDG3001Licence to perform dogging
  • TLILIC0005Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom length 11 metres or more)
  • UEECD0007Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
  • UEECD0019Fabricate, assemble and dismantle utilities industry components (has prerequisites)
  • UEECD0044Solve problems in multiple path circuits (has prerequisites)
View all 20 core units
  • UEECD0046Solve problems in single path circuits (has prerequisites)
  • UEECD0051Use drawings, diagrams, schedules, standards, codes and specifications (has prerequisites)
  • UEEEL0020Solve problems in low voltage a.c. circuits (has prerequisites)
  • UEEEL0021Solve problems in magnetic and electromagnetic devices (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRDO001Inspect overhead poles, structures and electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRDO005Maintain overhead energised low voltage distribution network (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRDO006Maintain, test and verify distribution overhead network (has prerequisites)
  • UETDREL001Apply environmental requirements
  • UETDREL004Operate plant and equipment in the vicinity of live electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDREL005Work safely in the vicinity of live electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS007Install and maintain distribution overhead conductors and cables (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS008Install and maintain electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS010Install and maintain low voltage overhead services (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS012Install and maintain poles, structures and hardware (has prerequisites)
View the 26 elective options
  • AVIW0006Perform infrastructure inspections using remote operated systems
  • HLTAID009Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • UETDREL003Identify and apply controls for alternate supplies on the distribution network (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS011Install and maintain low voltage underground services (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS013Install and maintain public lighting systems (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS014Install and replace energy meters and associated equipment (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS015Install low voltage mobile generator (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS017Perform high voltage field switching operation to a given schedule (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS018Perform low voltage field switching operation to a given schedule (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRIS023Develop and validate high voltage distribution switching programs
  • UETDRIS024Develop and validate low voltage distribution switching programs
  • UETDRMP001Apply access authority procedures to work on or near electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP002ESI safety rules for work on, near or in the vicinity of electrical apparatus
  • UETDRMP010Provide first aid in an ESI environment (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP011Testing of connections to low voltage electricity networks (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP012Working on energised low voltage overhead electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP013Working on energised low voltage underground electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP014Perform cable pit/trench/excavation rescue (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP015Perform elevated work platform controlled descent escape
  • UETDRMP016Perform elevated work platform rescue (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP017Perform pole top rescue (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP018Perform rescue from a live low voltage panel (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP019Perform rescue from switchyard structures (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRMP020Perform tower rescue (has prerequisites)
  • UETDRSB001Perform substation switching operations to a given schedule
  • UETDRVC003Control vegetation for powerline work (has prerequisites)
training.gov.au national register, UET30621 release 3
Where to study

Where can I study UET30621?

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How we calculate these figures

Get Course maps UET30621 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3422) 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; 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; register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.

About this page. Every number on this page shows its source and date. Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au. Compiled by Get Course from public data sources. It is not provided or endorsed by any training organisation, and nothing here is advice about your individual situation. Statistics describe groups; your result depends on you. If you represent a training organisation and want to correct or add to this page, contact hello@getcourse.com.au.