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Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals

Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals create visual two- and three-dimensional concepts and forms through painting, drawing, carving, sculpting, modelling, printmaking, video, multimedia, found objects, ephemera, soundscapes and other media to communicate concepts and ideas.

OtherANZSCO 2114
$2,081/wkMedian full-time pay
15kPeople employed
+12% ▲Growth to 2035
60%Work full time
56Median age
Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 2114.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

The main tasks of this occupation, from the national occupation standard.

conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings, pottery pieces and sculpturesarranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matterselecting artistic media, method and materialsapplying media to surfaces using appropriate techniquesmoulding clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-buildingmixing glazing materials and applying glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 2114 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 1,400 more people in visual arts and crafts professionals by 2035 ▲

The field grew 9.6% in the year to February 2026, adding about 1,300 workers. Most of the jobs are in NSW and VIC, with QLD third.

Source: JSA · ABS, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 2114.More about our sources: How we check our facts
12.3k2025
13k2030 PROJ.
13.7k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

There is no single way in. 26% trained through VET, 45% hold a degree.

Both paths are common in this field. These are the nationally recognised courses mapped to this occupation, with the number of registered training providers that offer each one.

Source: JSA · training.gov.auEducation split: JSA (Jobs and Skills Australia) occupation profile, using ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Census data, ANZSCO 2114. Qualification mapping and provider counts: training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education, October 2026. Listed providers are current registered training providers (private providers and TAFE institutes).More about our sources: How we check our facts

Nationally recognised training · most offered first

CUA31125Certificate III

Certificate III in Visual Arts

Creative Arts and Culture Training Package.

See 20 providers
CUA40725Certificate IV

Certificate IV in Design

Creative Arts and Culture Training Package.

See 19 providers
CUA30720Certificate III

Certificate III in Design Fundamentals

Creative Arts and Culture Training Package.

See 17 providers
See all 11 mapped courses
CUA31125Certificate III in Visual Arts · 20 providers
CUA40725Certificate IV in Design · 19 providers
CUA30720Certificate III in Design Fundamentals · 17 providers
CUA41320Certificate IV in Visual Arts · 17 providers
CUA51125Diploma of Visual Arts · 13 providers
CUA60725Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts · 7 providers
CUA30525Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts · 5 providers
CUA60425Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development · 3 providers
CUA40625Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts · 3 providers
11305NATCertificate II in Performing Arts · 1 provider
CUA51225Diploma of Ceramics · 1 provider

Providers are shown in A-Z order on each course page. A listing is not a recommendation.

Jobs open right now

15k Australians do this work. See who is hiring this month.

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Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26State chart shows people employed, not current job ads. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 2114.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

NSW4.3k
VIC3.6k
QLD3k
WA1k
SA0.8k
TAS0.5k
ACT0.2k
NT0.2k

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