11218NAT is the nationally accredited Diploma of Health Administration. It prepares you for work as a health and welfare services managers nec. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10720NAT. Employers posted about 392 health and welfare services managers nec jobs in June 2026, up 6.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Health Administration are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 6.1% 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 more health and welfare services managers nec jobs than a year ago. About 392 health and welfare services managers nec jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 6.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,600 job ads, while 40 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 medical administrator / medical superintendents, nursing clinical directors, primary health organisation managers, welfare centre managers and health and welfare services managers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Medical Administrator / Medical Superintendent, Nursing Clinical Director, Primary Health Organisation Manager, Welfare Centre Manager and Health and Welfare Services Managers nec as not in shortage.
Health and welfare services managers nec jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 44,254 workers in May 2025, 50,965 by May 2030 (up 15.2%) and 56,240 by May 2035 (up 27.1%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Diploma of Health Administration than a year ago. Across Australia, 50 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 40, down 20% in a year. National data for 11218NAT starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11218NAT 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 11218NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1342) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.