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Indigenous Health Workers

Indigenous Health Workers assist with the coordination and provision of health care delivery to Indigenous communities.

HealthLicensed workANZSCO 4115
$1,460/wkMedian full-time pay
1,200People employed
+20% ▲Growth to 2035
91%Work full time
55Median 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 4115.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

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

maintaining health records and statisticsacting as an advocate in the community they serve, and as a communicator and interpreter on behalf of clients and other health workersproviding clinical functions, such as case management and follow-up, independently or in consultation with other health care providersproviding health education to individual clients and staff in health facilitiesproviding cultural education to persons outside the cultural community and life skills education to the community they serveproviding counselling and referring clients to other health care providers where necessary
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 4115 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 200 more people in indigenous health workers by 2035 ▲

The field grew 0.6% in the year to February 2026. Most of the jobs are in VIC and NT, with WA 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 4115.More about our sources: How we check our facts
1.2k2025
1.3k2030 PROJ.
1.4k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

Most indigenous health workers came through a certificate or diploma. 58% did.

A university degree is rare here: 13% hold one. The trade qualification is the standard way in. 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 4115. 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

HLT30121Certificate III

Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

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See 8 providers
HLT40221Certificate IV

Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice

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See 7 providers
HLT20121Certificate II

Certificate II in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

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See 3 providers

Licensed work: several of these courses lead to work that also needs a state or territory licence. Training is the first step; licensing rules are set by each state.

See all 14 mapped courses
HLT30121Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care · 8 providers
HLT40221Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice · 7 providers
HLT20121Certificate II in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care · 3 providers
HLT50221Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Management · 3 providers
HLT26120Certificate II in Indigenous Environmental Health · 2 providers
HLT36115Certificate III in Indigenous Environmental Health · 2 providers
HLT40121Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care · 2 providers
HLT60121Advanced Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Management · 1 provider
HLT50121Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice · 1 provider
11154NATAdvanced Diploma of Aboriginal Specialist Trauma Counselling · 0 providers
11037NATCertificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Theory and Practice · 0 providers
11080NATCertificate IV in Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Work · 0 providers
HLT46115Certificate IV in Indigenous Environmental Health · 0 providers
11295NATCertificate IV in Stolen Generations Family Research and Case Management · 0 providers

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

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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 4115.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

VIC0.4k
NT0.3k
WA0.3k
QLD0.2k
SA0.1k
NSW0.1k
ACT0.1k
TAS0.1k