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73 providers can deliver AUR30320. Availability, fees and start dates are set by each provider.
About this qualification
AUR30320 is the auto electrician's qualification. The register describes individuals who “service, diagnose and repair electrical systems and components in vehicles in the automotive electrical service and repair industry”.
Thirty-two units, twenty-one of them core — a heavy core for a trade with this much technical range. Soldering wiring and circuits, automotive electrical circuits and wiring systems, vehicle lighting, wiring harnesses and looms, ancillary electronic systems, instruments and warning systems.
What marks it out from the mechanical trades is that it carries both engine management cores: spark ignition and compression ignition. A mechanic learns one; an auto electrician learns both, because the electronics do not care what the engine burns.
AURETK002 Use and maintain electrical test equipment being core is the tell. This is a diagnostic trade built on instruments rather than spanners — and it is where automotive work is heading as vehicles electrify.
Roles it maps to
Roles described on the national register for AUR30320.
Where it sits
Where AUR30320 sits in the automotive package.
- Certificate IIAUR20520 Automotive Servicing Technology
- Certificate III · you are hereAUR30320 Automotive Electrical Technology
- Certificate IIIAUR30620 Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology
- Certificate IIIAUR31120 Heavy Commercial Vehicle Mechanical Technology
What it covers
Thirty-two units in total. All eleven electives may come from the listed bank; up to six may come from a Certificate II or above in this or another endorsed training package.
Twenty-one core units. The first thirteen:
- AURAEA002 Follow environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplace
- AURASA102 Follow safe working practices in an automotive workplace
- AURETK002 Use and maintain electrical test equipment in an automotive workplace
- AURETR006 Solder electrical wiring and circuits
- AURETR007 Apply knowledge of automotive electrical circuits and wiring systems
- AURETR009 Install vehicle lighting and wiring systems
- AURETR010 Repair wiring harnesses and looms
- AURETR027 Install ancillary electronic systems and components
- AURETR112 Test and repair basic electrical circuits
- AURETR123 Diagnose and repair spark ignition engine management systems
- AURETR124 Diagnose and repair compression ignition engine management systems
- AURETR125 Test, charge and replace batteries and jump-start vehicles
- AURETR128 Diagnose and repair instruments and warning systems
- AURETR129 Diagnose and repair charging systems
- AURETR130 Diagnose and repair starting systems
- AURETR131 Diagnose and repair ignition systems
- AURETR132 Diagnose and repair automotive electrical systems
- AURETR135 Apply knowledge of petrol and diesel engine operation
- AURETR143 Diagnose and repair electronic body management systems
- AURTTA118 Develop and carry out diagnostic test strategies
- AURTTE104 Inspect and service engines
For a full list of elective units, visit training.gov.au →
Frequently asked questions
- Auto electrician or mechanic?
- Different trades. A mechanic diagnoses and repairs mechanical systems for one engine type. An auto electrician works on electrical and electronic systems across both spark ignition and compression ignition — both engine management cores are in this qualification.
- Does it cover electric vehicles?
- Not in the core, which is conventional automotive electrical work. EV and hybrid high-voltage work has its own units and qualifications. Ask a provider what their eleven electives cover if that is your interest.
- Is this an electrical licence?
- No. Electrical licensing is a separate state-regulated matter covering fixed wiring and mains voltage. This qualification is automotive electrical work — different scope, different regulator.
- Do I need an apprenticeship?
- Not as a register requirement. In practice it is an apprenticeship trade with twenty-one practical core units.
- What does it cost and how long does it take?
- Both are set by each provider and are not published on the national register.
Other registered providers
Filtered by where each provider is based, not where they can deliver.
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NSW
TAFE NSWRTO 90003
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TAFE QueenslandRTO 0275
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WA
North Metropolitan TAFERTO 52786
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QLD
AshtrailRTO 6139
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QLD
Intech Institute of Technology Pty LtdRTO 30100
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TAS
Reach Community CollegeRTO 40747
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NSW
Pacific CollegeRTO 91151
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QLD
Australian Trade Training CollegeRTO 31399
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QLD
Training Professionals Pty LtdRTO 31955
Deliver and assess · QLD, WA -
QLD
Australian Skills GroupRTO 32519
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VIC
Murray Mallee Training CompanyRTO 3974
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VIC
Education Training & Employment AustraliaRTO 5089
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