UET40422 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in ESI - Network Systems. It prepares you for work as an electrical engineering technician. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced UET40421. Employers posted about 190 electrical engineering technician jobs in June 2026, down 0.3% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in ESI - Network Systems line up. Electrical engineering technicians are in shortage in parts of the country, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for electrical engineering technicians are holding steady. About 190 electrical engineering technician jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 0.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,300 job ads, while 10 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 electrical engineering technicians as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electrical Engineering Technician as in shortage in metropolitan areas; Electrical Engineering Draftsperson as not in shortage.
Electrical engineering technician jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,070 workers in May 2025, 10,639 by May 2030 (up 5.7%) and 11,268 by May 2035 (up 11.9%).
More people are choosing the Certificate IV in ESI - Network Systems every year. Across Australia, 5 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, up 100% in a year. National data for UET40422 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for UET40422 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.
The register lists 11 core units for the Certificate IV in ESI - Network Systems, plus 26 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 18 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps UET40422 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3123) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; 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.