22560VIC is the nationally accredited Course in Urban Search and Rescue (Team Leader). It prepares you for work as a fire and emergency workers. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced 22265VIC. About 82 fire and emergency workers jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 36.7% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Course in Urban Search and Rescue (Team Leader) are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 36.7% 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 fire and emergency workers jobs than a year ago. About 82 fire and emergency workers jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 36.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 900 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 emergency service workers and fire fighters as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Emergency Service Worker and Fire Fighter as not in shortage.
Fire and emergency workers jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 17,137 workers in May 2025, 18,211 by May 2030 (up 6.3%) and 19,096 by May 2035 (up 11.4%).
Enrolments in the Course in Urban Search and Rescue (Team Leader) are dropping fast. Across Australia, 20 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, down 50% in a year. National data for 22560VIC starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 22560VIC 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 22560VIC to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4412) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; 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.