AVI50115 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Aviation (Air Traffic Control). It prepares you for work as an air traffic controller. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced AVI50308. Employers posted about 114 air traffic controller jobs in June 2026, up 11% on a year earlier.
The signals behind this qualification are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Specifically: its main occupation is rated in national shortage, employment in its occupations is projected to grow through 2035 and national enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about any individual's result.
Employers are advertising more of these roles than a year ago. Across Air Traffic Controller, about 114 jobs were advertised online in June 2026 (up 11% on a year earlier). Roughly 1,335 openings were advertised over the last 12 months, while 45 people enrolled in the qualification nationally in 2024. Enrolment counts people in training, not completions, so the two figures describe the pipeline and the market, not a job guarantee.
At least one occupation this qualification leads to is officially rated as in national shortage. In the 2025 Occupation Shortage List assessment, Aeroplane Pilot, Air Traffic Controller, Flying Instructor, Helicopter Pilot and Air Transport Professionals nec are rated in national shortage.
Employment in these occupations is projected to grow. Government projections put them at 15,500 workers in May 2025, 16,400 by May 2030 (up 5.6%) and 17,600 by May 2035 (up 13.7%).
Fewer people are training in this qualification than a year earlier. National enrolments fell from 60 in 2023, to 45 in 2024 (down 25%).
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AVI50115 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 AVI50115 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2311) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all qualifications at the same level in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 20 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.