AHC60319 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind agricultural consultant work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced AHC60316. About 31 agricultural consultant jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 9.8% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Agribusiness Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Agricultural consultants are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 9.8% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer agricultural consultant jobs than a year ago. About 31 agricultural consultant jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 9.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 400 job ads, while 70 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 agricultural consultants, forester / forest scientists, agricultural research scientists, agronomists and aquaculture or fisheries scientists as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Agricultural Consultant, Forester / Forest Scientist, Agricultural Research Scientist, Agronomist and Aquaculture or Fisheries Scientist as in national shortage.
Agricultural consultant jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 9,438 workers in May 2025, 10,265 by May 2030 (up 8.8%) and 11,088 by May 2035 (up 17.5%).
Enrolments in the Advanced Diploma of Agribusiness Management are dropping fast. Across Australia, 125 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 70, down 44% in a year. National data for AHC60319 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC60319 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 Advanced Diploma of Agribusiness Management is 8 units: 1 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 30 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AHC60319 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2341) 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; 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; register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.