AVI50519 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Aviation (Instrument Rating). It prepares you for work as an air transport professionals. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced AVI50415. Employers posted about 114 air transport professionals jobs in June 2026, up 11% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Diploma of Aviation (Instrument Rating) line up. Air transport professionalses are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 11% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more air transport professionals jobs than a year ago. About 114 air transport professionals jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 11% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,300 job ads, while 1,115 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 aeroplane pilots, air traffic controllers, flying instructors, helicopter pilots and air transport professionals necs as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aeroplane Pilot, Air Traffic Controller, Flying Instructor, Helicopter Pilot and Air Transport Professionals nec as in national shortage.
Air transport professionals jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 15,493 workers in May 2025, 16,368 by May 2030 (up 5.6%) and 17,609 by May 2035 (up 13.7%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Aviation (Instrument Rating) are growing. Across Australia, 1,000 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,115, up 11.5% in a year. National data for AVI50519 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AVI50519 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 Aviation (Instrument Rating) is 14 units: 13 core, plus 1 elective chosen from 8 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps AVI50519 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. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: 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 15 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.