BSB40920 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Project Management Practice. It prepares you for work as a program or project administrator. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB41515. Employers posted about 2,064 program or project administrator jobs in June 2026, up 0.7% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Project Management Practice are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. 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.
Job ads for program or project administrators are holding steady. About 2,064 program or project administrator jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 0.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 24,100 job ads, while 6,275 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 contract administrators and program or project administrators as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Contract Administrator and Program or Project Administrator as not in shortage.
Program or project administrator jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 164,536 workers in May 2025, 180,227 by May 2030 (up 9.5%) and 193,055 by May 2035 (up 17.3%).
Results for Certificate IV in Project Management Practice graduates are mixed against other Certificate IVs. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 94.8% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate IV result is 89.9%, across 71 qualifications. 84.3% were satisfied with the training, against 87.8% typical.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Project Management Practice than a year ago. Across Australia, 8,185 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 6,275, down 23.3% in a year. National data for BSB40920 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB40920 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 Project Management Practice is 9 units: 3 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 24 options on the register.
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Get Course maps BSB40920 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5111) 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; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.