AHC51024 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Sports Turf Management. It prepares you for work as a sports turf manager. It has been the current version on the national register since 2024, when it replaced AHC51019. Employers posted about 202 sports turf manager jobs in June 2026, up 3.1% on a year earlier.
There is not much independent data on AHC51024 yet. What exists: sports turf managers are in national shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for sports turf managers are holding steady. About 202 sports turf manager jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 3.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,700 job ads, while 50 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates sports turf managers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Sports Turf Manager as in national shortage; Sports Turf Trades Worker as not in shortage.
Sports turf manager jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 13,249 workers in May 2025, 13,498 by May 2030 (up 1.9%) and 14,085 by May 2035 (up 6.3%).
National enrolment data for AHC51024 starts in 2025: 50 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC51024 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.
The Diploma of Sports Turf Management is 14 units: 10 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 14 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AHC51024 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3623) 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 10 September 2026; 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 synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.