Apprenticeship trades, by licensing

Licensed trade installing and servicing refrigeration and air-conditioning plant. Federal ARCtick licence required to handle refrigerant.

Automotive trade diagnosing, servicing and repairing cars and light commercial vehicles. Motor-vehicle repair licensing applies to businesses across most states.

Heavy-vehicle trade diagnosing and repairing diesel-powered trucks, buses, plant and earth-moving equipment.

Licensed trade installing and maintaining electrical wiring, fittings, switchboards and motors. Requires a state electrical licence on top of the apprenticeship Cert III.

Licensed trade installing and maintaining water, sanitary, gas-fitting, roof and mechanical services. Requires a state plumber licence on top of the apprenticeship Cert III.

Heavy fabrication trade making and repairing pressure vessels, tanks and structural steel. Overlaps with welding and metal fabrication.

Construction trade laying bricks, blocks and stone for walls and other structures.

Joinery trade designing and making fitted cabinetry, kitchens and built-in furniture.

Construction trade framing, fixing and finishing timber structures. Not licensed in most states for non-structural work, but contractor licences apply above set thresholds in QLD and TAS.

Hospitality trade preparing and producing food in commercial kitchens. Not a licensed trade, but food-safety supervisor training is required for the head-chef role in every state.

Construction trade placing and finishing concrete for slabs, footings, driveways and decorative surfaces.

Engineering trade making, assembling and maintaining mechanical components on lathes, mills and CNC machines.

Personal-services trade designing and producing floral arrangements for retail, events and special occasions.

Personal-services trade cutting, colouring and styling hair. Not licensed in any Australian jurisdiction, but salon business registration applies.

Trade designing, constructing and maintaining outdoor landscape features, planting and irrigation.

Trade preparing surfaces and applying paint, wallpaper and decorative finishes to interior and exterior surfaces.

Construction trade installing terracotta, concrete and metal roof tiles, plus associated waterproofing and flashing.

Trade preparing surfaces and laying ceramic, stone and similar tiles. Waterproofing units inside the Cert III are required for licensed wet-area work.

Engineering trade joining metal components by manual and machine welding. Strong demand across construction, mining, transport and manufacturing.