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AHC50524 Diploma of Arboriculture

AHC50524 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Arboriculture. It prepares you for work as an arborist. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced AHC50520. 370 people enrolled in 2025, up 196% on the year before.

Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced AHC50520 in 2024
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 196% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The independent signals behind the Diploma of Arboriculture line up. Arborists are in national shortage and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.

Jobs and Skills Australia

Is the work there?

Official shortage list

Australia's official shortage list rates arborists and tree workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Arborist and Tree Worker as in national shortage.

Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity

Who is training

More people are choosing the Diploma of Arboriculture every year. Across Australia, 125 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 370, up 196% in a year. National data for AHC50524 starts in 2024.

NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework

What does studying it involve?

The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.

How long it takes
A Diploma is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to AHC50524 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists

What does it cost, and who funds it?

State funding for AHC50524 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.

Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging

What is in the qualification

The Diploma of Arboriculture is 10 units: 8 core, plus 2 electives chosen from 17 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.

  • AHCARB408Perform a ground-based tree defect evaluation
  • AHCARB508Identify, select and specify trees
  • AHCARB509Develop an arboricultural impact assessment report
  • AHCARB510Specify and audit tree work
  • AHCARB511Prepare arborist reports
  • AHCARB513Examine and assess trees
View all 8 core units
  • AHCARB514Diagnose tree diseases
  • AHCWRK517Interpret legislation
View the 17 elective options
  • AHCARB512Generate tree plans using computer-aided design software
  • AHCARB613Conduct complex tree hazard and health assessment post-fire (has prerequisites)
  • AHCBUS515Prepare estimates, quotes and tenders
  • AHCNRM513Manipulate and analyse data within geographic information systems
  • AHCPCM602Develop and implement a plant health management strategy
  • AHCPGD509Develop and implement a streetscape management plan
  • AHCWRK506Collect and manage data
  • AHCWRK514Manage trial and research material
  • AHCWRK515Assess new industry developments
  • AHCWRK516Implement professional practice
  • AHCWRK519Audit site operations
  • AHCWRK520Develop workplace policy and procedures for environment and sustainability
  • BSBAUD515Evaluate and review compliance
  • BSBOPS601Develop and implement business plans
  • BSBTEC401Design and produce complex text documents
  • CPPSSI5035Create spatial data
  • CPPSSI5064Conduct complex spatial data analysis
training.gov.au national register, AHC50524 release 2
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Farm Business Management Skill Set
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Where to study

Where can I study AHC50524?

No Get Course partner currently lists this qualification. Check the national register for organisations approved to deliver it, and remember that approval to deliver is a regulatory fact, not a recommendation. You can browse live courses from our partners and enquire today.

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How we calculate these figures

Get Course maps AHC50524 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3625) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.

About this page. Every number on this page shows its source and date. Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au. Compiled by Get Course from public data sources. It is not provided or endorsed by any training organisation, and nothing here is advice about your individual situation. Statistics describe groups; your result depends on you. If you represent a training organisation and want to correct or add to this page, contact hello@getcourse.com.au.