Motor Mechanics
VET / TAFE Stable · ANZSCO skill level 3 · occupation 3212
Motor Mechanics repair, maintain and test motor vehicle and other internal combustion engines and related mechanical components.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 3.2% university · 74.3% vet / tafe · 20% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Automotive. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- University Edith Cowan University
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE Bendigo Kangan Institute
- TAFE Chisholm Institute
- TAFE Intech Institute of Technology
- TAFE Box Hill Institute
- TAFE Central Australian Institute of Technology
- TAFE Waratah Polytechnic
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
NSW 27.9% · VIC 24.7% · QLD 22.4% · WA 13.2% · SA 7.2% · TAS 2% · NT 1.5% · ACT 1.1%
Top industries
Other Services · Retail Trade.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.