10999NAT is the nationally accredited Advanced Diploma of Photography. It prepares you for work as a photographer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced 10281NAT. About 28 photographer jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 22.9% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Photography are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 22.9% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer photographer jobs than a year ago. About 28 photographer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 22.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 400 job ads, while 10 people were training in the course nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates photographers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Photographer as not in shortage.
Photographer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 15,231 workers in May 2025, 16,143 by May 2030 (up 6%) and 17,181 by May 2035 (up 12.8%).
Enrolments in the Advanced Diploma of Photography are dropping fast. Across Australia, 40 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, down 75% in a year. National data for 10999NAT starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 10999NAT is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps 10999NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2113) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.