BSB40520 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Leadership and Management. It prepares you for work as an office manager. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB42015. 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 Leadership and Management 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 13,405 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 Leadership and Management graduates do better than is typical at Certificate IV level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 97% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate IV result is 89.9%, across 71 qualifications. Median income after training was $83,900, against $63,400 typical. 89.9% 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 Leadership and Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 18,775 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 13,405, down 28.6% in a year. National data for BSB40520 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB40520 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 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management is 12 units: 5 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 33 options on the register.
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Get Course maps BSB40520 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.