Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade - Boilermaking (Apprenticeship)

If you’re passionate about working with metal, enjoy creating and building, and want a career in an industry where your skills are in high demand, then pursuing a Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade is an excellent choice for your future.
This apprenticeship combines hands-on training with versatile career opportunities, providing comprehensive instruction in metal fabrication, welding, and structural steel work. You’ll learn to work with precision in a wide range of settings, from manufacturing plants to construction sites, gaining the expertise needed to fabricate, assemble, and repair metal structures and components.
With a strong focus on practical skills and real-world applications, this qualification not only enhances your employability but also opens doors to various specialisations within the engineering and fabrication sectors. In an area like ours, where heavy industry is integral, your skills will be highly valued, leading to competitive wages and long-term career growth.

Our Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Apprenticeship) will see you combine on-the-job learning strategies with formal theory, while also learning about metal fabrication, forging, founding, erecting structural steel, metal spinning, metal polishing, electroplating, sheet metal work, welding and using specialised computers and equipment.
What’s even better, is if you have prior knowledge of fabrication, you may also achieve your Certificate III through a formal skills recognition assessment process – how good is that?!
Once you've completed the course, you’ll be able to gain real-world experience and earn a living as a boiler maker/Sheetmetal tradesperson, a certified welder or a welding supervisor and inspector, just to name a few!
You might also like to take your career further by studying a Certificate IV in Engineering to further your skills and increase your employment opportunities in the future. We’ll support you with everything you need to complete that course, if that’s the path you choose.
Again, you must be a in a registered apprenticeship to undertake this course.

The Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication specifies the competences required for employment as an engineering fabricator heavy stream (boilermaker).

Further training pathways from this qualification include MEM40119 Certificate IV in Engineering and MEM50119 Diploma of Engineering - Advanced Trade or other relevant qualifications

Develop appropriate skills in welding, structural steel heavy and light fabrication and weld to Australian standards AS1796 and AS1554.

Are there specified requirements for entry into the course/qualification?: No

Mandatory entry requirements:

Must be registered with the Australian Apprenticeship Commission. Must be an Australian apprentice.

Recommended entry Requirements:

Cert II Engineering pathways or Engineering VDSS.

Limitations to course Entry:

If aged between 15 and 17 years of age will require a school release form from their school.

Not applicable.

Will this course/qualification or a constituent unit provide a pathway to an industry licence or regulated outcome: No