11045NAT is the nationally accredited Certificate IV in Safety Leadership. It prepares you for work as an occupational health and safety adviser. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced 10604NAT. Employers posted about 950 occupational health and safety adviser jobs in June 2026, down 2.5% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Safety Leadership are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Occupational health and safety advisers are in shortage in parts of the country and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for occupational health and safety advisers are holding steady. About 950 occupational health and safety adviser jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 2.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 11,300 job ads, while 185 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 environmental health officers as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Environmental Health Officer as in shortage in regional areas; Occupational Health and Safety Adviser as not in shortage.
Occupational health and safety adviser jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 40,030 workers in May 2025, 44,556 by May 2030 (up 11.3%) and 47,945 by May 2035 (up 19.8%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Safety Leadership are dropping fast. Across Australia, 280 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 185, down 33.9% in a year. National data for 11045NAT starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11045NAT 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 11045NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2513) 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.