BSB40120 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Business. It prepares you for work as an office manager. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB40215 and BSB41618 and BSB40515 and BSB40615 and BSB41115 and BSB40315 and BSB42315 and BSB41715. Employers posted about 1,002 office manager jobs in June 2026, down 8.6% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Business are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.6% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer office manager jobs than a year ago. About 1,002 office manager jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 8.6% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 12,500 job ads, while 15,610 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 office managers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Office Manager as not in shortage.
Office manager jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 136,601 workers in May 2025, 141,105 by May 2030 (up 3.3%) and 148,117 by May 2035 (up 8.4%).
Certificate IV in Business graduates find work at the typical Certificate IV rate, but earn less soon after training. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 89.8% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate IV result is 89.9%, across 71 qualifications. Median income after training was $58,600, against $63,400 typical. 88% were satisfied with the training, against 87.8% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Business than a year ago. Across Australia, 20,210 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 15,610, down 22.8% in a year. National data for BSB40120 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB40120 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 register lists 6 core units for the Certificate IV in Business, plus 82 elective options.
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Get Course maps BSB40120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5121) 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 Certificate IVs 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: register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.